Title:
The mother tongue : English and how it got that way
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ISBN:
9780380715435
Publication Information:
New York : Avon Books, 1991, c1990.
Physical Description:
270 p. ; 21 cm.
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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