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Mother Tongue

English and How it Got that Way

Language EnglishEnglish
Book Paperback
Book Mother Tongue Bill Bryson
Libristo code: 01380502
Publishers HarperCollins, October 2001
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson-the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent -b... Full description
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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.§

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About the book

Full name Mother Tongue
Author Bill Bryson
Language English
Binding Book - Paperback
Date of issue 2001
Number of pages 320
EAN 9780380715435
ISBN 0380715430
Libristo code 01380502
Publishers HarperCollins
Weight 228
Dimensions 134 x 205 x 22

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Lifestyle, Hobbies & Leisure > Humour > Humour collections & anthologies
Language & Linguistics > Linguistics
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