The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Norway

Region is based on IP address

Mother Tongue

Paperback • 2009

Mother Tongue

By Bill Bryson

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

<p><b>'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...'</b><br><b></b><br><b></b>Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronun...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780141040080

Published year

2009

Language

Original title

Mother Tongue

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Other versions

Mother Tongue

Mother Tongue

Paperback · 1991

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

English

English

Ben Fogle

A short history of nearly anything

A short history of nearly anything

Bill Bryson

The lost continent

The lost continent

Bill Bryson

The Wonders of Language

The Wonders of Language

Ian Roberts

English - One Tongue, Many Voices

English - One Tongue, Many Voices

Jan Svartvik

Made in America

Made in America

Bill Bryson

Notes from A Big Country

Notes from A Big Country

Bill Bryson

The road to little dribbling

The road to little dribbling

Bill Bryson

Neither here nor there ; Neither here nor there

Neither here nor there ; Neither here nor there

Lingo

Lingo

Gaston Dorren

A History of the English Language

A History of the English Language

Elly (Arizona State University) Gelderen

Terribly English

Terribly English

Is That A Fish In Your Ear?ation

Is That A Fish In Your Ear?ation

David Bellos

English in the World History, Diversity, Change

English in the World History, Diversity, Change

Philip Seargeant

The Five-Minute Linguist

The Five-Minute Linguist

English in the World

English in the World

Philip Seargeant

Sociolinguistic Typology

Sociolinguistic Typology

Peter <plass>

A little book of language

A little book of language

David Crystal

Troublesome words

Troublesome words

Bill Bryson

International English

International English

Peter Trudgill

Lost in Translation Misadventures in English Abroad

Lost in Translation Misadventures in English Abroad

Charlie Croker

How Language Works

How Language Works

David Crystal

English one tongue many voices

English one tongue many voices

Jan Svartvik

Twentieth-Century Englosh

Twentieth-Century Englosh

Christian Mair

The Stories of English

The Stories of English

David Crystal

Broken English spoken perfectly.

Broken English spoken perfectly.

Stewart Clark

The adventure of English

The adventure of English

Melvyn Bragg

World Englishes

World Englishes

Gunnel Melchers

The English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language

The English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language

David Crystal

Words and Rules The Ingredients of Language

Words and Rules The Ingredients of Language

Steven Pinker

The English: A Portrait of a People

The English: A Portrait of a People

Jeremy Paxman

English as a global language

English as a global language

David Crystal

The english companion

The english companion

The Oxford Companion to the Englich Language

The Oxford Companion to the Englich Language

Tom McArthur

The Oxford guide to the English Language

The Oxford guide to the English Language

E. S. C. Weiner

The Story of English

The Story of English

Robert McCrum

THE 5 MINUTE LINGUIST

THE 5 MINUTE LINGUIST

MYRICK CAROLINE

The Language Instinct

The Language Instinct

Steven Pinker