The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way - Bill Bryson - Books - HarperCollins - 9780380715435 - October 23, 2001
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The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way Reissue edition

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The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way Reissue edition

With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent--brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world's largest growth industries.


320 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 23, 2001
ISBN13 9780380715435
Publishers HarperCollins
Pages 320
Dimensions 134 × 205 × 22 mm   ·   248 g
Language English  

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