The Mother Tongue
Bill Bryson. Harper Perennial, $14.99 (272pp) ISBN 978-0-380-71543-5
Bryson's blend of linguistic anecdotes and Anglo-Saxon cultural history proves entertaining but superficial. ``While his historical review is thorough. . . he mostly reiterates conventional views about English's structural superiority,'' said PW. ``He retells old tales with fresh verve . . . but becomes sloppy when matters of rhetoric and grammar arise.'' (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 09/02/1991
Genre: Nonfiction
Compact Disc - 978-1-5047-1521-8
Downloadable Audio - 978-0-06-245853-7
Hardcover - 270 pages - 978-0-688-07895-9
Open Ebook - 320 pages - 978-0-06-241744-2
