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The mother tongue : English & how it got that way

Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: New York : Avon Books, 1991, ©1990.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Bill Bryson
ISBN: 0380715430 9780380715435 0688078958 9780688078959
OCLC Number: 20934335
Notes: Published by arrangement with William Morrow and Company, Inc.
Description: 270 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents: The world's language -- The dawn of language -- Global language -- The first thousand years -- Where words come from -- Pronunciation -- Varieties of English -- Spelling -- Good English and bad -- Order out of chaos -- Old world, new world -- English as a world language -- Names -- Swearing -- Wordplay -- The future of English.
Responsibility: Bill Bryson.

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