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Mother tongue : the English language / Bill Bryson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Penguin, 1991Copyright date: ©1990Description: 269 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 014014305X
  • 9780140143058
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 422
LOC classification:
  • PE1072 .B49 1991
Contents:
The world's language ; The dawn of language ; Global language ; The first thousand years ; Where words come from ; Pronunciation ; Varieties of English ; Spelling ; Good English and bad ; Order out of chaos ; Old world, new world ; English as a world language ; Names ; Swearing ; Wordplay ; The future of English.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 422 BRY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A326456B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 422 BRY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A060615B

Originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton: 1990.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255) and index.

The world's language ; The dawn of language ; Global language ; The first thousand years ; Where words come from ; Pronunciation ; Varieties of English ; Spelling ; Good English and bad ; Order out of chaos ; Old world, new world ; English as a world language ; Names ; Swearing ; Wordplay ; The future of English.

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