English and How it Got that Way BRYSON, Bill Additional Author mixed material bibliography New York Harper Perennial 2001 en English

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270 p.; 20,5 cm. 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. English language - History 420.9 9780380715435 RAFFLES CHRISTIAN SCHOOL To Learn , To Lead , To Love 420.9 BRY m s1509081 9780380715435.jpg.jpg 10148 2017-02-01 08:48:39 2017-02-01 08:48:39 machine generated