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100 1 _aBryson, Bill.
245 1 4 _aThe mother tongue :
_h[electronic resource]
_bEnglish & how it got that way /
_cBill Bryson.
260 _aNew York :
_bAvon Books,
_c1991, c1990.
300 _a270 p. ;
_c21 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
500 _aPublished by arrangement with William Morrow and Company, Inc.
505 0 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xHistory.
856 4 1 _uhttp://www.archive.org/details/mothertongueengl00brys
_zFree eBook from the Internet Archive
856 4 2 _uhttp://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL18351186M
_zAdditional information and access via Open Library
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