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Manhattanville College - FALL - 2012 | ||
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Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language by Seth Lerer Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 0-231-13794-X / 023113794X ISBN-13: 978-0-231-13794-2 / 9780231137942 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 do they have to do with you? Seth Lerer's Inventing E |