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001    ocm47366211 
003    OCoLC 
005    20141231154735.0 
008    010718t20001990nyu      b    001 0 eng d 
010    |z89077521 
020    0380715430 (pbk.) 
020    9780380715435 
035    529560 
040    FPJ|cFPJ|dJFN|dUtOrBLW|erda 
049    JFNA 
092    420.9|bBRY 
100 1  Bryson, Bill. 
245 14 The mother tongue :|bEnglish & how it got that way /|cBill
       Bryson. 
264  1 New York :|bPerennial,|c2001. 
264  4 |c©1990 
300    270 pages ;|c20 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and 
       index. 
505 0  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. 
650  0 English language|xHistory.