[阅读] 布莱森英语简史.Mother Tongue.-.The Story of the English Language.Kindle

Mother Tongue.-.The Story of the English Language-Penguin Books.作者.Bill.Bryson.azw3+mobi+epub

with both mobi in English version, as well as azw3 (original copy), mobi and epub in Chinese translation!

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.

Cover of English Edition.


Cover of Chinese Edition.


Contents

• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• 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
• Select Bibliography