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A lively journey through the story of language, from an infant's first word to the languages of t...

Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ('loaf') to cutt...

Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish empl...

Now in its third edition, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language provides the most co...

The Internet is now an integral part of contemporary life, and linguists are increasingly studyin...

Diese komplett überarbeitete Ausgabe enthält alle aktuellen Entwicklungen und Themen, die seit Mi...

It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it ... There have long been debates about 'corre...

Linguist David Crystal's absorbing journey through the origins of seasonal English words and phra...

This volume is one in a series of monographs being issued under the general title of 'Disorders o...

No detailed description available for 'Systems of Prosodic and Paralinguistic Features in English'.

All languages encode aspects of culture and every culture has its own specificities to be proud o...

ohne DAS GROSSE FINALE: DIE LETZTE STAFFEL DER ERFOLGSSERIEDie Verfilmung von Jane Austens unvoll...

ohne RAFFINIERT, GLANZVOLL UND SINNLICH – DIE FULMINANTE VERFILMUNG VON JANE AUSTENS LETZTEM, UNV...

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Winner of Best Book, Publication, or Recording prize at the Falstaff Awards 2015Shortlisted for t...

In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David C...

When and why did 'thou' disappear from Standard English? Would a Victorian Cockney have said 'obs...

It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it ...There have long been debates about 'correc...

A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap ...

This 'engaging history of punctuation' (Wall Street Journal) is not only the first history of its...

Banter, chit-chat, gossip, natter, tete-a-tete: these are just a few of the terms for the varied ...

It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: 'to be'. Yet it is jam-packed with more ...

'What grammarians say should be has perhaps less influence on what shall be than even the more mo...

A delightfully discursive, Bill Bryson-esque and personal journey through the groves and the thic...

La muerte de ls lenguas es real. Importa?, Deberia importarnos? Este libro responde afirmativment...

This is the fully revised and expanded second edition of English - One Tongue, Many Voices, a boo...

Wordsmiths and Warriors explores the heritage of English through the places in Britain that shape...

David Crystal's 50 Questions About English Usage Pocket Editions

A groundbreaking and entertaining history of worldwide English in all its dialects, differences, ...

The world's greatest authority on language explains the secrets and subtleties of the grammar of ...

Victorian views on pronunciation as told in the pages of satirical magazine 'Punch'. Reveals how ...

Much more than a word list, the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is a browsable source of inspi...

This is the definitive survey of the English language - in all its forms. Crystal writes accessib...

This dictionary is the first comprehensive description of Shakespearean original pronunication (O...

This book brings together 12 previously unpublished language profiles based on the original Langu...

Crystal, yasayan dillerin sinir tanimadigini ve yeni kosullara seve seve uyum sagladigini bize ha...

Did you know that the English language has over 150 words for the adjective 'drunk' developed ove...

Learning to talk is probably the greatest milestone in a child's development: a deeply moving and...

The vocabulary of past times, no longer used in English, is always fascinating, especially when w...

David Crystals Klassiker English as a Global Language behandelt die Geschichte, den gegenwärtigen...

World-renowned linguist David Crystal rids grammar of its undeserved reputation as a dry yet inti...

Esta obra se investiga la naturaleza del impacto que internet esta teniendo sobre el lenguaje. Cr...

A vital resource for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for ove...

Handbook on what it is like to experience grief due to loss through death, divorce, job loss, pet...

Elinizdeki kitap insanoglunun gelecegi hakkinda kaygi duyan herkese hitap ediyor. Dillerin Katlin...

Tono claro, didáctico, entretenido y cercano.Recoge los aspectos más relevantes y a la vez más at...