Our Marvelous Native Tongue
1983
First Published
4.11
Average Rating
339
Number of Pages
Traces the history of the English language from its Indo-European roots to contemporary vocabulary and chronicles the lives and times of various English-speaking people
Avg Rating
4.11
Number of Ratings
111
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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1 STARS
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Author
Robert Claiborne
Author · 5 books
Robert Watson Claiborne, Jr. (1919–1990) American folk singer, labor organizer and writer. He wrote primarily about science and linguistics.
