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| Website: |
The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way |
| Author: |
Bryson, B. |
| ISBN: |
0380715430 |
| Publisher: |
Avon Books |
| URL: |
http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Tongue-Bill-Bryson/dp/0380715430 |
| Year: |
1996 |
| Description: |
This book mines the rich ore of English. It covers the history of English, origins of rules of grammar, and vagaries of the language. There are chapters on spelling and Americanisms, wordplay, pronunciation, word origins, names, usage and dialects. |
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