The Mother Tongue
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What’s it about?
A whirlwind tour through the glorious, accidental, and deeply peculiar history of English—a mongrel tongue forged by invasions, empire, and sheer stubbornness.
You’ll learn
- English is a language of borrowers
- Spelling chaos has historical roots
- Global spread shaped new dialects
- Language change is not decay