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MOTHER TONGUE : Emglish Language (Record no. 196247)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780140143058
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Terms of availability Gifted
Note Unknown
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title English
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 420.9
Item number BRY/MO
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bryson,Bill
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title MOTHER TONGUE : Emglish Language
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Books
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1990
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Size of unit 270
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General note How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language? How did words like shampoo, sofa and rowdy (and others drawn from over fifty languages) find their way into our dictionary? In this revealing and often hilarious book, Bill Bryson examines the mother tongue and explores the countless varieties of English and the perils of marketing brands with names like Pschitt and Super Piss. With entertaining sections on the oddities of swearing and spelling, spoonerisms and Scrabble, and a consideration of what we mean by 'good English', Mother Tongue is one of the most stimulating books yet written on this endlessly engrossing subject.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Language 
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element English & Old English languages 
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) 
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element History, geographic treatment, biography
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Koha item type Lending
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Non-fiction Ernakulam Public Library Ernakulam Public Library General Stacks 2025-08-23 Gifted 400.00 1 2 420.9 BRY/MO E1101897 2025-09-16 2025-08-29 2025-08-23 Lending