TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bryson,Bill
TI  - The mother tongue : : English & how it got that way / 
AV  - PE1072. B797 1990
PY  - 1990///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - William Morrow and Company, Inc., 
KW  - English language.
KW  - English language – History.
N1  - “Author of the lost continent”—cover page; Abstract: Offers a journey through the intricacies, puzzles, and quirks of the English language, tracing the history of English from its earliest origins to the present day.; 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.
ER  -