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Mother Tongue

The English Language
By Bill Bryson
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Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson is a captivating exploration of the English language's curious history and global dominance. Bryson delves into the quirks of English, from its often baffling spelling to cultural phenomena like swearing and Scrabble, tracing its evolution from a 'mongrel tongue' to the world's lingua franca.
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Mother Tongue

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Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson is a hymn to the English language. In examining how a second-rate, mongrel tongue came to be the undisputed language of the globe, Bryson explores English from America to Australia and looks at, among other things, swearing, spelling, spoonerisms, and Scrabble.

No self-respecting English speaker should open his mouth without reading it.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141037462

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2008

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 181.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 288

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Bill Bryson Education & Reference Non-Fiction Penguin Books Philosophy & Psychology

About the Author

Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and grew up there, but has spent most of his adult life in Britain. He has worked for a number of newspapers, including The Times and the Independent. His books on the English language include Mother Tongue and Troublesome Words, both published by Penguin. Bill Bryson is the author of several bestsellers including The Lost Continent, Neither Here Nor There, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, Notes from a Big Country, Down Under, A Short History of Nearly Everything, One Summer- America 1927 and his memoir, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. His most recent bestseller is The Road to Little Dribbling.

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