00903cam a2200253 4500 612763686 TxAuBib 20090811120000.0 891220s1990||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 89077521 9780688078959 0688078958 DLC DLC DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Bryson, Bill. The mother tongue : English & how it got that way / Bill Bryson. 1st ed. New York : W. Morrow, 1990. 270 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index. Covers the history of language from its beginnings to the explosion of English as a global language in the twentieth century. Adult Follett Library Resources. 20090811. English language History.