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Mother Tongue (Large Print)
Mother Tongue - Large Print
Author: Bill Bryson
How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language?  How did words like shampoo, sofa and rowdy (and others drawn from over fifty languages) find their way into our dictionary?  In this revealing and often hilarious book, Bill Bryson examines the m...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781858789224
ISBN-10: 1858789222
Publication Date: 4/2/2009
Pages: 464
Edition: Large type edition
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Publisher: Royal National Institute of Blind People
Book Type: Paperback
Large Print: Yes
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