Dedication
Acknowledgments
1. The World’s Language
2. The Dawn of Language
3. Global Language
4. The First Thousand Years
5. Where Words Come From
6. Pronunciation
7. Varieties of English
8. Spelling
9. Good English and Bad
10. Order out of Chaos
11. Old World, New World
12. English as a World Language
13. Names
14. Swearing
15. Wordplay
16. The Future of English
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Index
About the Author
Books by Bill Bryson