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An edition of The Mother Tongue
(1990)
The Mother Tongue
English and How It Got That Way
2010 ed.
by Bill Bryson
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An edition of The Mother Tongue
(1990)
The Mother Tongue
English and How It Got That Way
2010 ed.
by Bill Bryson
- 8 Ratings
- 34 Want to read
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- 10 Have read
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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
2010, Barnes & Noble
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The Mother Tongue: English & How It Got That Way
1990, William Morrow
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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
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Published in
New York
Table of 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. |
Edition Notes
Published by arrangement with HarperCollins Publishers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index.
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