Mother Tongue. The English Language.: The English Language (Taschenbuch) von Bill Bryson Rezensionen: Who would have thought that a book about the English language would be so entertaining? Certainly not this grammar-allergic reviewer, butThe Mother Tonguepulls it off admirably. Bill Bryson--a zealot--is the right man for the job. Who else could rhapsodise about "the colourless murmur of the schwa" with a straight face? It is his unflagging enthusiasm, seeping from between every sentence, that carries the book. Bryson displays an encyclopedic knowledge of his topic, and this inevitably encourages a light tone; the more you know about a subject, the more absurd it becomes. No jokes are necessary, the facts do well enough by themselves, and Bryson supplies tens per page. As well as tossing off gems of fractured English (from a Japanese eraser: "This product will self- destruct in Mother Earth."), Bryson frequently takes time to compare the idiosyncratic tongue with other languages. Not only does this give a laugh (one word: Welsh), and always shed considerable light, it also makes the reader feel fortunate to speak English. © 1998-2001 Amazon.com, Inc. und Tochtergesellschaften Alle Rezensionen ansehen...   Angebote zu  Mother ,  Tongue ,  English  ab 1 Euro! Siehe auch folgende Artikel: Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right von Bill Bryson Notes from a Small Island von Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything. (Black Swan) von Bill Bryson Notes from a Big Country. (Black Swan) (Black Swan) von Bill Bryson Mehr zu  Social History,  Foreign Languages,  Linguistics Home ...,    Verwandte produkte ...,    Begleitseite ... Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum)