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The Mother Tongue : English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson; Overdrive Inc is a humor available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Mother Tongue : English and How It Got That Way about?
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.
Who reads The Mother Tongue : English and How It Got That Way?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Bill Bryson; Overdrive Inc
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780380715435
- Category
- humor
- Subjects
- Reference, Historical Fiction, Humor
- Rating
- 3.95 / 5 (80 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- اللغة الأم: اللغة الإنجليزية وكيف حصلت على هذا النحو [Arabic] (1990)
- 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 (2002)
- The Mother Tongue : English and How It Got That Way (1991)
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