The Story of English in 100 Words
(Sprache: Englisch)
An eye-opening tour of the English language through the ages
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An eye-opening tour of the English language through the ages
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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).
Autoren-Porträt von David Crystal
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Crystal
- 2012, 288 Seiten, Maße: 13,1 x 20,2 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Profile Books
- ISBN-10: 1846684285
- ISBN-13: 9781846684289
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „The Story of English in 100 Words “
"'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)"
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