'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.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141040080Number of pages: 288Weight: 202 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
Not only fascinating but extremely funnyThe sort of linguistics I like,anecdotal,full of revelations,and with not one dull paragraphA gold mine of language-anecdote,information,curiosity. A suprise on every page... enthrallingDelightful,amusing and provoking... A joyful celebration of our wonderful language,which is packed with curiosities and enlightenment on every pageA delightful survey - though with its good humour,wealth of anecdote,and boyish enthusiasm,"romp" would be a better word.
Bill Bryson
Coming from Des Moines,Iowa - because,as he notes,'somebody had to'- bestselling Anglo-American author Bill Bryson has won over a legion of readers with his books which comprise travelogues,memoirs and popular works of history and science. His best-known works include Notes from a Small Island,Neither Here Nor There and A Short History of Nearly Everything.
Visit the Bill Bryson author page
Kommentar