The Mother Tongue

English and How it Got that Way

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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.
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Schrijver
Bryson, Bill
Titel
The Mother Tongue
Uitgever
HarperCollins
Jaar
2001
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
320
Gewicht
248 gr
EAN
9780380715435
Afmetingen
203 x 140 x 22 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

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