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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Bryson, Bill.     Subjects     English language -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bryson, Bill.       by title:      The mother tongue [e...         MARC Display

The mother tongue [electronic resource] : English and how it got that way / Bill Bryson. by Bryson, Bill. New York : William Morrow, 2015. Subjects English language -- History. Electronic Resource http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=50&titleID=2106052 This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource https://samples.overdrive.com/mother-tongue-290b68?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/{290B68DC-77DF-4CF3-8A31-45008EEF9B71}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9780062417442 (electronic bk.) 0062417444 (electronic bk.) Description:  1 online resource Contents:  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. Requests:  0 Summary:  The noted humorist 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.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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