内容简介
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, 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.
作者简介
With a wacky worldview -- and wanderlust -- that garners him comparisons to everyone from Chaucer to Dave Barry, Bill Bryson entertains readers around the world with his travelogues and riffs on the intricacies of language.
前言/序言
Mother Tongue: English and How It Got that Way 母语:英语的历史 英文原版 [平装] 下载 mobi epub pdf txt 电子书 格式
Mother Tongue: English and How It Got that Way 母语:英语的历史 英文原版 [平装] 下载 mobi pdf epub txt 电子书 格式 2024
Mother Tongue: English and How It Got that Way 母语:英语的历史 英文原版 [平装] mobi epub pdf txt 电子书 格式下载 2024