The Mother Tongue: English and how it got that way/
Bryson, Bill
The Mother Tongue: English and how it got that way/ Bill Bryson - Ne w York: William Morrow, 1990. - 305p. , softbound 13*20 cm.
1. The world's language
2. The dawn of language
3. Global language
4. The first thousand years
5. Where words come from
6. Pronunciation
7. Varieties of English
8. Spelling
9. Good English and bad
10. Order out of chaos
11. Old world, new world
12. English as a world language
13. Names
14. Swearing
15. Wordplay
16. The future of English
978-0-380-71543-5
420.9 / BRY
The Mother Tongue: English and how it got that way/ Bill Bryson - Ne w York: William Morrow, 1990. - 305p. , softbound 13*20 cm.
1. The world's language
2. The dawn of language
3. Global language
4. The first thousand years
5. Where words come from
6. Pronunciation
7. Varieties of English
8. Spelling
9. Good English and bad
10. Order out of chaos
11. Old world, new world
12. English as a world language
13. Names
14. Swearing
15. Wordplay
16. The future of English
978-0-380-71543-5
420.9 / BRY