Mother Tongue
by Bill Bryson
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- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 014014305X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140143058
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About This Item
Penguin Books Ltd. Good. 198mm / 129mm. Paperback. 1991. 288 pages. Cover worn<br>How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language? How did words like shampoo, sofa and rowdy (and others drawn from over fifty languages) find their way into our dictionary? In this revealing and often hilarious book, ... .
Synopsis
The Mother Tongue is a book by Bill Bryson which wittily compiles the history and origins of the English language and the language's various quirks. It is subtitled English And How It Got That Way. The book discusses the Indo-European origins of English, the growing status of English as a global language, the complex etymology of English words, the dialects of English, spelling reform, prescriptive grammar, and more minor topics including swearing.
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- 2417d
- Title
- Mother Tongue
- Author
- Bill Bryson
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 014014305X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140143058
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
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