Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson ****

I read and studied this book for our Book Club theme of Language in May, 2015. The book is a history of the English language and is a wealth of interesting information, for example: why we can talk and animals can't, the dominance of Englishnin the world, how it was developed, the fact that there are no definitive rules of grammar, a chapter on names and how they developed, another on swearing. It was an interesting and informative read.