The Mother Tongue: English and how it got that way/ Bill Bryson

By:

Bryson, Bill

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Ne w York: William Morrow, 1990.Description: 305p. , softbound 13*20 cmISBN:

978-0-380-71543-5

DDC classification:

23 420.9 BRY

Contents:

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

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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

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