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The Mother Tongue

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HistoryHumorousBritish LiteratureGeneral AudienceNon-FictionEducationalAmerican Author

History

The Mother Tongue

$9.95

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With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent--brilliantly 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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$9.95

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Publisher

Harper Collins

Pages

272

Format

PAPERBACK

ISBN-13

9780380715435

ISBN-10

0380715430

Language

English

Published

1991-09-01

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