The Stories of English

Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext 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 . Zusammenfassung 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

• Authors: David Crystal
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.2005
• EAN: 9780141015934
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101593-4
• No. of pages: 534
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Penguin Pocketbooks; Penguin Pocketbooks
• Subjects: Education and learning; Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; Sprachgeschichte, Englisch, Historical and comparative linguistics