Mother Tongue

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Titel
Mother Tongue
Untertitel
the story of the English language
Verfasserangabe
Bill Bryson
Medienart
Sprache
Person
Auflage
3. Auflage
Verlag
Ort
London
Jahr
Umfang
269 Seiten
ISBN10
0-14-104008-4
ISBN13
978-0-14-104008-0
Schlagwort
Annotation
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 to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into the leading world language.