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Story of English in 100 Words

Crystal, David
Heftet / 2012 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781846684289
Publisert
2012-07-05
Utgiver
Profile Books Ltd
Vekt
200 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter
Crystal, David

Biografisk notat

David Crystal is the foremost expert on English, and honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has written many books and published articles in fields ranging from forensic linguistics and ELT to the liturgy and Shakespeare.

Story of English in 100 Words

Crystal, David
Heftet / 2012 / Engelsk
Crystal, David
Heftet / 2012 / Engelsk
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Crystal's book is full of distractions and delights

Daily Express

One of [Crystal's] best ... it builds gradually into a kind of linguistic tapestry, packed with abstruse information, wonderfully readable

Spectator

If the history of language is a sort of labyrinth, David Crystal is an excellent guide

The Age, Australia

Se alle

Delicious revelations ... Crystal does an excellent job, not just of tracing the etymology of a word, but of relating it to social history, painting a picture of our times through words

Independent on Sunday

Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ('loaf') to cutting edge ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), Crystal takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising. In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century ('roe', in case you are wondering).
Les mer
Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient word ('loaf') to advanced ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), the author takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising.
Les mer
An eye-opening tour of the English language through the ages

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Crystal's book is full of distractions and delights

Daily Express

One of [Crystal's] best ... it builds gradually into a kind of linguistic tapestry, packed with abstruse information, wonderfully readable

Spectator

If the history of language is a sort of labyrinth, David Crystal is an excellent guide

The Age, Australia

Se alle

Delicious revelations ... Crystal does an excellent job, not just of tracing the etymology of a word, but of relating it to social history, painting a picture of our times through words

Independent on Sunday

Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ('loaf') to cutting edge ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), Crystal takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising. In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century ('roe', in case you are wondering).
Les mer
Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient word ('loaf') to advanced ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), the author takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising.
Les mer
An eye-opening tour of the English language through the ages

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781846684289
Publisert
2012-07-05
Utgiver
Profile Books Ltd
Vekt
200 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter
Crystal, David

Biografisk notat

David Crystal is the foremost expert on English, and honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has written many books and published articles in fields ranging from forensic linguistics and ELT to the liturgy and Shakespeare.

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