Made in America
by:
Bill Bryson (author)
Mike McShane (narrator)
ABRIDGED AUDIO EDITION In this sequel to his history of the English language, "Mother Tongue", Bryson takes an informed and fond look at the history of Americans through their popular culture and language. He explains why they drive on the right, say "lootenant", and call a certain type of...
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ABRIDGED AUDIO EDITION
In this sequel to his history of the English language, "Mother Tongue", Bryson takes an informed and fond look at the history of Americans through their popular culture and language. He explains why they drive on the right, say "lootenant", and call a certain type of sandwich a "hamburger".
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780001048089 (0001048082)
Publish date: 1995-08-21
Publisher: HarperCollins
Edition language: English
Linguistics has moved along a bit since this was written, so it isn't current after 22 years, but it is still fun to read. Personal copy
I listened to this on audio. Up front, let me state that I thought this book was going to be entirely about how the English language evolved in the United States since the revolution. It is, but only marginally. It's much more a short history of the USA's short history, with the evolution of wor...
aqui Sempre quis saber como é que o inglês americano se formou? Sempre quis saber quais foram as influências deste dialecto de inglês? Para conhecermos a evolução do inglês americano, também precisamos de conhecer a história deste país - os Estados Unidos da América, nem sempre foram como hoje os co...
Bought at Lisbon's book fair 2010.Made in America is a non-fiction book about, well, America. First off, I bought this book mainly because of 3 reasons:a) I loved Bill Bryson’s book on Shakespeare;b) I originally thought it was more about American history and culture rather than language development...
Funny, interesting and informative. One fact that sticks with me is that every town in America had its own time until the railroad decided clock time needed to be standardized. What that has to do with American English I don't remember, but that's how Bryson's writing is--there are lots of fascinat...
9 years ago
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