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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way

3.9/5 ( ratings)

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 , 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.

Language: English

Pages: 270

Format: Paperback

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks

Release: September 28, 1991

ISBN: 0380715430

ISBN 13: 9780380715435

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way

3.9/5 ( ratings)

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 , 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.

Language: English

Pages: 270

Format: Paperback

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks

Release: September 28, 1991

ISBN: 0380715430

ISBN 13: 9780380715435

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