The Mother Tongue
- Author: Bill Bryson
- Narrator: Stephen McLaughlin
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 10:45:51
Synopsis
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.
Chapters
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001 The Mother Tongue
Duration: 13s -
002 Chapter 01
Duration: 25min -
003 Chapter 02
Duration: 38min -
004 Chapter 03
Duration: 29min -
005 Chapter 04
Duration: 57min -
006 Chapter 05
Duration: 46min -
007 Chapter 06
Duration: 42min -
008 Chapter 07
Duration: 48min -
009 Chapter 08
Duration: 48min -
010 Chapter 09
Duration: 33min -
011 Chapter 10
Duration: 40min -
012 Chapter 11
Duration: 49min -
013 Chapter 12
Duration: 46min -
014 Chapter 13
Duration: 50min -
015 Chapter 14
Duration: 29min -
016 Chapter 15
Duration: 38min -
017 Chapter 16
Duration: 18min -
018 Credits
Duration: 37s -
sample
Duration: 01min