The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
of Bill Bryson
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With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Brysonâthe acclaimed author of The Lost Continentâbrilliantly 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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- Format Paperback
- Pages 270 pages
- Publisher William Morrow Paperbacks
- Publication Date September 28th 1991
- First Publication 07/17/90
- Language English
- ISBN 9780380715435
- Edition Not informed
- Category Non-Fiction
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