The Stories of English, 1st Edition
$50.14
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
2 August 2005
Summary
The fabulous paperback for all fans of Bill Bryson and Melvyn Bragg.
When and why did ‘thou’ disappear from Standard English? Would a Victorian Cockney have said ‘observation’ or ‘hobservation’? Was Jane Austen making a mistake when she wrote ‘Jenny and James are walked to Charmonth this afternoon’?
This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English (Standard Eng…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141015934 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141015934 |
| Author: | David Crystal |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2005 |
| Weight: | 404g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
“This new history of the English language in all its manifestations is among the best ever written, and is both entertaining and informative.”
About The Author
David Crystal
David Crystal is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has published over 90 books and was awarded the OBE for services to the English language in 1995. He is the editor of the Penguin Encyclopedia and the New Penguin Factfinder.
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