The Mother Tongue
What is the theme in The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson?
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Another theme is the Rules of English. The English language is originally the language of the common people and was not spoken by the aristocracy. For this reason, English is allowed to develop and change without any overarching monitoring authority. English borrows words, phrases, and grammatical structures from other languages, particularly French, as it develops its own way of speech and writing.