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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.… (mere)
Mrs.Stansbury: This is an academic version of 'Mother Tongue' this one covers about 85% of the same material but in much greater detail and depth. The maps and charts are fantastic.
kevinashley: Crystal's work is more scholarly in tone but he's an equally accessible writer - and more comprehensive and accurate. If English, rather than language in general, is your particular interest you may find his books on English more interesting (I haven't read those.)… (mere)
Indeholder "Acknowledgements", "1. The world's language", "2. The dawn of language", "3. Global language", "4. The first thousand years", "5. Where words come from", "6. Pronunciation", "7. Varieties of English", "8. Spelling", "9. Good English and bad", "10. Order out of chaos", "11. Old world, new world", "12. English as a world language", "13. Names", "14. Swearing", "15. Wordplay", "16. The future of English", "Notes", "Select Bibliography", "Index".
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More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to.
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If we should be worrying about anything to do with the future of English, it should be not that the various strands will drift apart but that they will grow indistinguishable. And what a sad, sad loss that would be.
Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen VidenRedigér teksten, så den bliver dansk.
It appears that there is no canonical title, but two distinct titles. If the canoncial title field is left blank, LibraryThing will continue to use the democratic method for populating everyone’s ‘your books’ listing (and maybe elsewhere) with the most commonly used title on LibraryThing. On 20 Jan 2014 Bill Bryson’s home page showed two distinct editions, the UK edition and the US edition, with two distinct titles. It appears that the US edition was published first but not verified.
US edition - The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way – 1 June 1990 (??)
UK edition - Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language – 1 Oct 1990 (??)
A 1991 UK edition was titled Mother Tongue: The English Language
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen VidenRedigér teksten, så den bliver dansk.
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.
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"Index" er et opslagsregister.
Underholdende, men ikke strengt pålidelig beretning om det engelske sprog. (