Mother Tongue English and How it Got That Away

Informationen zum Autor Bill Bryson's bestselling books include One Summer, A Short History of Nearly Everything, At Home, A Walk in the Woods, Neither Here nor There, Made in America, and The Mother Tongue. He lives in England with his wife. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: B. Bryson, Bill Bryson
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2001
• EAN: 9780380715435
• ISBN: 978-0-380-71543-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 205 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; HISTORY: WORLD, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, HISTORY: Social History, HUMOR: Form / Essays, HISTORY: Reference, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / General, COMPOSITION & WRITING: ON LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Etymology, TRAVEL: Reference, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Rhetoric, HUMOR: Form / Trivia, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Sign Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Psycholinguistics