Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language by Seth Lerer

Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language

Seth Lerer

305 pages first pub 2007 (view editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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Why is there such a striking difference between English spelling and English pronunciation? How did our seemingly relatively simple grammar rules develop? What are the origins of regional dialect, literary language, and everyday speech, and what d...

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