The mother tongue : English & how it got that way / Bill Bryson.
Record details
- ISBN: 0688078958
- ISBN: 9780688078959
- Physical Description: 270 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : W. Morrow, [1990]
- Copyright: ©1990
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1. World's Language 11 -- 2. Dawn of Language 21 -- 3. Global Language 35 -- 4. First Thousand Years 46 -- 5. Where Words Come From 67 -- 6. Pronunciation 84 -- 7. Varieties of English 99 -- 8. Spelling 117 -- 9. Good English and Bad 134 -- 10. Order out of Chaos 147 -- 11. Old World, New World 161 -- 12. English as a World Language 179 -- 13. Names 196 -- 14. Swearing 214 -- 15. Wordplay 225 -- 16. Future of English 239.
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- Subject:
- English language > History.
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- 19 of 20 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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- 1 current hold with 20 total copies.
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| Mars Hill Library | 420 BRY (Text) | 30229000057231 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | 420 B (Text) | 39493105025698 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | 420 B (Text) | 2000481256 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bladen Main Branch | 420.9 B (Text)
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| Cleveland County Main Library | 420.9 BRY (Text) | 22281500089308 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library | 420.9 BRY (Text) | 31420621029878 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | 420 Bryson (Text) | 33115001858098 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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