|
The Stories of English
|
| List Price: | £9.99 |
| Price: | £6.49 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Delivery on orders over £15. Details |
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk
40 new or used available from £4.48
Average customer review:
Product Description
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 English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #16648 in Books
- Published on: 2005-05-05
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 592 pages
Editorial Reviews
Financial Times Magazine, June 26, 2004
'learned but lively'
The Scotsman, June 19, 2004
'It should be compulsory reading for anyone interested in language'
About the Author
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.
