Mother Tongue: English & how it got that way

Bryson, Bill

Mother Tongue: English & how it got that way - New York Avon Books 1990 - 270p.

Includes Index
Published by arrangement with William Morrow and Company, Inc.

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.

Offers a journey through the intricacies, puzzles, and quirks of the English language, tracing the history of English from its earliest origins to the present day.

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English language.
CHR 1991.

420.9 / BRY

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