A Bawdy Language: How a Second-Rate Language Slept Its Way to the Top

by Howard Richler

Book Overview

Just how did an inadequate, second-rate language become the most successful language in the world? The answer is: attitude. In welcoming and absorbing many outside influences, including French,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773731865
• ISBN13: 9780773731868
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Stoddart
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

fascinating and informative

Rarely have I read a book about language that is so engaging. From beginning to end, the book made we laugh and reflect on the wonder we call the English language