Mother Tongue

Name: Mother Tongue : The Story of the English Language
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The Story of the English Language

Bill Bryson

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«Not only fascinating but extremely funny»
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'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...'

Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation, Bryson covers all this as well as the many curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn as it is flexible to use.

Bill Bryson's classic Mother Tongue is a highly readable and hilarious tale of how English came to be the world's language.

Detaljer

Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Innbinding: Paperback
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 288
ISBN: 9780141040080
Utgivelsesår: 2009
Format: 20 x 13 cm

Om forfatteren

Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and grew up there, but has spent most of his adult life in Britain. He has worked for a number of newspapers, including The Times and the Independent. His books on the English language include Mother Tongue and Troublesome Words, both published by Penguin.

Bill Bryson is the author of several bestsellers including The Lost Continent, Neither Here Nor There, Notes from a Small Island, A Walk in the Woods, Notes from a Big Country, Down Under, A Short History of Nearly Everything, One Summer: America 1927 and his memoir, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. His most recent bestseller is The Road to Little Dribbling.

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«Not only fascinating but extremely funny»
Angus Deayton

«The sort of linguistics I like, anecdotal, full of revelations, and with not one dull paragraph»
Ruth Rendell, Sunday Times

«Delightful, amusing and provoking... A joyful celebration of our wonderful language, which is packed with curiosities and enlightenment on every page»
Sunday Express

«A delightful survey - though with its good humour, wealth of anecdote, and boyish enthusiasm, "romp" would be a better word.»
David Crystal

«A gold mine of language-anecdote, information, curiosity. A suprise on every page... enthralling»
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Jakk – 05.10.2009

– Nå hadde egentlig ikke jeg de helt store forventningene til denne boken, da jeg tenkte at en bok om det engelske språket og grunnene til at nettopp dette språket har blitt vårt verdensspråk ikke kunne være videre spennende og interessant! Men jeg tok feil! Bill Bryson har skrevet en kjempemorsom bok om blant annet stegene og grunnene til at engelsk har blitt vårt verdensspråk, men samtidig kan også du lære et og annet om det engelske språket, både lærerik og tåpeligere informasjon. Jeg vil gjerne utdype at dette ikke er en bok for den som ønsker å lære engelsk og dets historie, men boken tar nok mer sikte på å underholde leseren med humor, noe den også klarer! Et godt kjøp!