Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language by Bill Bryson
'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...'
Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation, Bryson covers all this as well as the many curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn as it is flexible to use.
Bill Bryson's classic Mother Tongue is a highly readable and hilarious tale of how English came to be the world's language.
Format: Paperback | 288 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 12.8 x 1.8 | 206g
Publication Date: 03 May 2010
Publisher: Penguin Books
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN10: 0141040084
ISBN13: 9780141040080
Condition: Like New
A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. Very minimal wear and tear.