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Made in America / Bill Bryson ; illustrations by Bruce McCall. - London : Black Swan, 1998. - XVII, [3], 603, [1] strona : ilustracje ; 20 cm.
Readers from Toad Suck, Arkansas, to Idiotsville, Oregon and everywhere in between - will love Made in America, Bill Bryson's Informal History of the English Language in the United States. It is, in a word, fascinating. After reading this tour de force, it's clear that a nation's language speaks volumes about its true character: you are what you speak. Bryson traces America's history through the language of the time, then goes on to discuss words culled from everyday activities: immigration, eating, shopping, advertising, going to the movies, and others. Made in America will supply you with interesting facts and cocktail chatter for a year or more. Did you know, for example, that Teddy Roosevelt's "speak softly and carry a big stick" credo has its roots in a West African proverb? Or that actor Walter Matthau's given name is Walter Mattaschanskayasky? Or that the supposedly frigid Puritans m- who called themselves "Saints," by the way - had something called a pre-contract, which was a license for premarital sex? Made in America is an excellent discussion of American English, but what makes the book such a treasure is that it offers much, much more. [www.goodreads.com]
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Kolekcja anglojęzyczna.
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Bibliografia na stronach 535-548. Indeks.
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Tekst w języku angielskim.
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