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David Crystal
A collection of 366 witty and fascinating facts, events and stories about language, for every day of the year (with one extra for leap years).
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The newest volume in David Crystal’s pentalogy of the English language, focusing on the subtleties of pronunciation.
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From the first words of an infant to the peculiar modern dialect of text messaging, this book reveals language’s myriad intricacies and quirks. It sheds light on the development of…
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Answering questions about the nuts and bolts of language, this is a survey of nearly everything from how sounds become speech to how names work. Along the way we find…
Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this is a book written by an expert both for specialists in the subject and for general readers interested in the English language.
David Wellspring
"Unlock the Shocking Truth and Empower Yourself: The Inspiring Journey of Crystal Harris, Embracing Hugh Hefner's Legacy, Finding Myself, and Surviving Playboy. Discover the Dark Side of Hugh Hefner's Empire…
David E Edwards
Step into the captivating world of Crystal Harris, where mystery, romance, and adventure intertwine in a spellbinding tale. As her life takes unexpected turns, follow Crystal on a journey of…
The latest groundbreaking work in eighteenth-century studies.
Showcasing exciting new research across disciplines, Volume 53 of Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture explores the juxtaposition between the fanciful romances and historical realities…
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A beautiful gift book that collects together brilliantly quirky English dialect words, before they disappear for ever.
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The endangerment and death of minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern. A leading commentator on language issues, David Crystal asks the question, ‘why is language…
So how can we better understand Shakespeare? David Crystal provides a lively and original introduction to Shakespeare’s language, making his plays easily accessible to modern-day audiences.
For decades, people have been studying Shakespeare’s life and times, and in recent years there has been a renewed surge of interest into aspects of his language. David Crystal provides…
The vocabulary of past times is always fascinating, especially when we see how it was pilloried by the satirists of the day. In this intriguing collection, David Crystal has pored…
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Learning to talk is probably the greatest milestone in a child’s development, a deeply moving and often hilarious experience for all parents. It is also a process which has been…
In this text, David Crystal examines why we devote so much time and energy to language games, how professionals make a career of them, and how young children instinctively take…
Crystal offers general readers a personal tour of the intricate workings of language in this work of unprecedented scope. He discusses the power of language by looking at its origins…
This dictionary includes descriptions of hundreds oflanguages from A to Z and definitions of literary and grammatical concepts, as well as explanations of terms used in linguistics, language teaching, and…
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For three days in June 2004 Shakespeare’s Globe presented their production of Romeo and Juliet in original, Shakespearian pronunciation, the first such attempt in over 50 years. In an unusual…
In this student-friendly guidebook, leading language authority Professor David Crystal follows on from his landmark bestseller, Language and the Internet and takes things one step further. This book presents the…
Therefore, the series will provide an authoritative source of up-to-date scientific and clinical informa tion relating to the whole field of normal and abnormal speech communication, and as such will…
David Crystal shows how our feelings about pronunciation today have their origins in the way our Victorian predecessors thought about the subject, as revealed in the pages of the satirical…
It’s the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: ‘to be’. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals be’s multiple…
A delightfully discursive, Bill Bryson-esque and personal journey through the groves and the thickets of the English language, by our foremost scholar of the history and structure of the English…
An autobiography and an introduction to the field of linguistics. It offers us a look behind the scenes at the adventures, rewards, challenges and pitfalls of his life in language…
Words, Words, Words is a celebration of what we say and how we say it. It invites us to engage linguistically with who we are: to understand what words tell…
The best-selling grammar reference - essential for all teachers and students of English. It provides an effortless tour through the structures and terminology of the English Language
This is the ideal companion to Rediscover Grammar - which bridges the gap between understanding language structure and analysing it in different contexts. An invaluable resource for teachers and students…
David Crystal’s A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics has long been the standard single-volume reference for its field. Now available in its sixth edition, it has been revised and updated…
The author has written separate books on the three separate trends involved in the language revolution. He brings them together into a single argument.
A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable power
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An eye-opening tour of the English language through the ages.
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A unique journey through English spelling, untangling the fascinating origins of its greatest eccentricities.
The triumphant third volume in David Crystal’s classic series on the English language combines the first history of English punctuation with a complete guide to how to use it -…
Provides a survey of the English language in its various forms. This book describes the structure of the language, the uses of English throughout the world and provides a history…
Features a survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work. This work also talks about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak…
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 English, dialect and slang…
Banter, chit-chat, gossip, natter, tete-a-tete: these are just a few of the terms for the varied ways in which we interact with one another through conversation. David Crystal explores the…
Profiling has been acknowledged as a major contribution to the treatment of language disorder. Profiling is extended in this book to cover segmental phonology, prosody and semantics. Also included is…
The world’s best-known authority on the English language reveals the secrets and subtleties of its grammar.
Countering the popular mythology that electronic communication is somehow bad for language, leading writer on language issues David Crystal argues that the Internet is in fact enabling a dramatic expansion…
La muerte de ls lenguas es real. ?Importa?, ?Deberia importarnos? Este libro responde afirmativmente a ambas preguntas. El objectivo es establecer los hechos y, despues, explicarlos: ?que es exactamente la…
Esta obra se investiga la naturaleza del impacto que internet esta teniendo sobre el lenguaje. Crystal plantea que internet esta haciendo posible una impresionante expansion para ocupar un lugar en…
The endangerment and death of minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern. A leading commentator on language issues, David Crystal asks the question, ‘Why is language…
