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The mother tongue : English & how it got that way / Bill Bryson.
Covers the history of language from its beginnings to the explosion of English as a global language in the twentieth century.
Record details
- ISBN: 0688078958
- ISBN: 9780688078959
- ISBN: 0380715430
- ISBN: 9780380715435
- Physical Description: 270 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : W. Morrow, ©1990.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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- Subject:
- English language > History.
English language. - Genre:
- History.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Lummi Library | PE 1072 .B79 1990 | 279408 | Stacks | Available | - |
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