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The Mother Tongue
- De: Bill Bryson
- Narrado por: Stephen McLaughlin
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,290
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,119
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,113
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.
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3 out of 5 stars
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More satire than history
- De Barbara Kindle Customer en 12-18-15
- The Mother Tongue
- De: Bill Bryson
- Narrado por: Stephen McLaughlin
Just not a book to be listened to
Revisado: 02-21-17
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I think that this would be a great book to read, if you are into the root and meaning of words in the English language, however, in listening to it, you don't get the time to pause and reflect on how you read/speak/hear the words. Also, there are countless times when a word will be spelled out (in English and other languages), and these examples cannot be fully digested audibly.
What does Stephen McLaughlin bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Obviously the reader, through research and practice, is able to pronounce difficult words in arcane and foreign languages that I would merely stumble through.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
No. There's no plot.
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