Mother Tongue

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Mother Tongue

Author : Bill Bryson

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Highlights

English

Language

NA

Edition

288

Pages

9780140143058

ISBN-13

0140143058

ISBN-10

Faber And Faber Penguin India

Publisher

198 mm

Height

129 mm

Width

18 mm

Thickness

Paperback

Binding

Description

How did English, treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants become the undisputed global language How did words like shampoo, sofa and rowdy and others drawn from over fifty languages find their way into our dictionary In this revealing and often hilarious book, Bill Bryson examines the mother tongue and explores the countless varietie How did English, treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants become the undisputed global language How did words like shampoo, sofa and rowdy and others drawn from over fifty languages find their way into our dictionary In this revealing and often hilarious book, Bill Bryson examines the mother tongue and explores the countless varieties of English and the perils of marketing brands with names like Pschitt and Super Piss. With entertaining sections on the oddities of swearing and spelling, spoonerisms and Scrabble, and a consideration of what we mean by good English, Mother Tongue is one of the most stimulating books yet written on this endlessly engrossing subject.