![]() ![]() OL74126W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 94.20 Pages 278 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0688078958 Bryson notes that more than 300 million people in the world speak Englishbut this number. In recent years, English has become a world language due to being so widespread across the globe. Urn:lcp:mothertongueengl00bry_t6h:epub:d8a534b8-8bd4-4072-82c1-a7d5af719727 Extramarc University of Pennsylvania Franklin Library Foldoutcount 0 Identifier mothertongueengl00bry_t6h Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t45q67236 Isbn 0380715430ĩ780688078959 Lccn 89077521 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL2227262M Openlibrary_edition One of the three themes of The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way is the role of English in the world. ![]() Bryson also brings up that English has come from many languages because of adoption. I was shocked and disappointed after reading the first chapter of The Mother Tongue. His travelogues are witty and well-written. Urn:lcp:mothertongueengl00bry_t6h:lcpdf:53e11235-8c15-4f55-9ab7-d24992cd772f Bryson lists the major reasons in this list which are: Words are created by error, are adopted from other languages, changed through doing nothing, by changing the word, and just by being created. A Short History of Nearly Everything is one of the best popular science book ever written. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:18:10 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA1618805 Boxid_2 CH115301 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor ![]()
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