The mother tongue : English & how it got that way / Bill Bryson.
Bryson, Bill.
1990
PE1072 .B76 1990 (Mapit)
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Title The mother tongue : English & how it got that way / Bill Bryson.
Author Bryson, Bill.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 0688078958
Imprint New York : W. Morrow, c1990.
Language English
Description 270 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number PE1072 .B76 1990
Dewey Decimal Classification 420/.9
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index.
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The world's language
The dawn of language
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The first thousand years
Where words come from
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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.

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