The Mother Tongue
Bill Bryson
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.
年:
1991
出版商:
Harper Perennial
語言:
english
頁數:
272
ISBN 10:
0380715430
ISBN 13:
9780380715435
文件:
PDF, 2.46 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1991