The Stories Of English by David Crystal


ISBN
9780713997521
Published
Released
09 / 08 / 2004
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
592
Dimensions
162 x 243 x 50mm

There have been many histories of the English language but, strangely, none has attempted to tell the true global story of English: for there are in fact many English languages and each has a story.

David Crystal here presents the reader with not only the authoritative history of standard English, but also narrates the stories of the dialects of English, showing how they influenced the development of standard English. There are numerous panels describing word histories and looking in detail at specific idiosyncrasies of the language along the way. The definitive account.
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