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Mother tongue : the English language / Bill Bryson

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Penguin Books, 1990Description: 269 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 014014305X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.9
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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Book Book Bagong Silangan Branch Reference Section Circulation C 420 B916m 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 123700d

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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