The Mother Tongue

English and How it Got that Way

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour
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Author: Bill Bryson ISBN: 9780062417442
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Publication: June 2, 2015
Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks Language: English
Author: Bill Bryson
ISBN: 9780062417442
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Publication: June 2, 2015
Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
Language: English

With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson—the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent—brilliantly 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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With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson—the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent—brilliantly 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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