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A Little Book of Language

  • David Crystal
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2010
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Now in paperback, in the tradition of E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, a lively journey through the story of language

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David Crystal is one of the world's preeminent language specialists. Writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster, he is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has written nearly 100 books, including The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language, By Hook or By Crook: A Journey in Search of English, Txtng: The Gr8 Db8, The Stories of English, and Rediscover Grammar, and has published widely on phonetics, Shakespeare's language, and child language. In 1995 he was awarded the OBE for services to the English language. He lives in Holyhead, UK.


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June 1, 2010
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9780300158755
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288
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40 b-w illus.
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