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The Mother Tongue : English and How It Got That Way

by Bill Bryson
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Entertaining journey through English language evolution.

If you love words and their quirky histories, "The Mother Tongue" would be like a playground for your intellect. Bill Bryson manages to infuse humor into the labyrinthine paths of English, bringing to light both its absurdities and genius. Diving into this book is like attending the most interesting lecture on language you could imagine, one that transforms what could be a dry subject into a series of delightful anecdotes.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Mother Tongue : English and How It Got That Way

by Bill Bryson
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ISBN: 9780380715435
Authors: Bill Bryson
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Date of Publication: 1991-09-28
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, History, Travel
Related Topics: Popular Science, History, Reference
Goodreads rating: 3.91
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Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English.From its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation; Bryson covers all this as well as the many curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn as it is flexible to use.Bill Bryson's classic Mother Tongue is a highly readable and hilarious tale of how English came to be the world's language.
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Entertaining journey through English language evolution.

If you love words and their quirky histories, "The Mother Tongue" would be like a playground for your intellect. Bill Bryson manages to infuse humor into the labyrinthine paths of English, bringing to light both its absurdities and genius. Diving into this book is like attending the most interesting lecture on language you could imagine, one that transforms what could be a dry subject into a series of delightful anecdotes.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.