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The Mother Tongue

By Bill Bryson

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The Mother Tongue

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“Vastly informative and vastly entertaining…A scholarly and fascinating book.” —Los Angeles Times With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson 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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
1996-03-01
Publication Date:
1991-09-01
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0380715430
ISBN13:
9780380715435
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Weight:
245 g
Height:
134 cm
Width:
207 cm
Thickness:
22 cm

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