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What is The Mother Tongue : English and How It Got That Way about?
Packed with fascinating facts on the English language, Mother Tongue is an entertaining and didactic investigation of the influence and distribution of the language worldwide and its origins as a second-rate tongue spoken by peasants.;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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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Bryson, Bill
- Publisher
- William Morrow;Penguin Books
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780688078959
- Category
- humor
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Reference, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.95 / 5 (629 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- اللغة الأم: اللغة الإنجليزية وكيف حصلت على هذا النحو [Arabic] (1990)
- The Mother Tongue : English and How It Got That Way (2015)
- Mother tongue : the English language (2007)
- The mother tongue : English and how it got that way (2010)
- The Mother Tongue : English and How It Got That Way (1990)
- A word a day : a romp through some of the most unusual and intriguing words in English (1989)
- Mother tongue : the story of the English language (2009)
- Mother tongue: the English language (1991)
- The Mother Tongue & How It Got That Way (1990)
- The Mother Tongue : English and How It Got That Way (1991)
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