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A Date with Language by David Crystal
Category: Gift Books
A collection of 366 facts about language to enliven each day of the year. In this ingenious and diverse collection of 366 stories, events, and facts about language, David Crystal presents a selection of insights from literary and linguistic writers, poets, and global institutions, together with the ...Show more
A Glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak by David Crystal
Category: Computing
Have you been flamed recently? Or pinged? Or felt 404? Do you know the difference between a MUD and a MOO? Or between a WAP and a WISP? Can you translate 8-o ? Or cu4T? Do you know what your country
A Little Book of Language by David Crystal
Category: History | Series: Little Histories Ser.
With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves why t ...Show more
A Little Book of Language by David Crystal
Category: Languages and Reference
With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves why t ...Show more
As They Say in Zanzibar: Proverbial Wisdom from around the World by David Crystal
Category: Languages and Reference
Proverbs are fascinating in what they tell us about a culture's view of everyday life: whether it be the importance of animals or the significance of the weather, proverbial wisdom is a key factor in understanding different peoples and cultures. Here David Crystal, the world's leading commentator on lan ...Show more
Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language by David Crystal
Category: Spirituality
What do the following have in common? Let there be light - Whited sepulchres - A rod of iron - New wine into old bottles Lick the dust - How are the mighty fallen - A thorn in the flesh - Wheels within wheels They're all in the King James Bible. This astonishing book has 'contributed far more to English ...Show more
Begat - The King James Bible & the English Language by David Crystal
Category: Spirituality
What do the following have in common? Let there be light - A fly in the ointment - A rod of iron - New wine in old bottles Lick the dust - How are the mighty fallen - Kick against the pricks - Wheels within wheels They are all in the King James Bible. This astonishing book "has contributed far more to E ...Show more
By Hook or by Crook : A Journey In Search of English by David Crystal
Category: Languages and Reference
A delightfully discursive, Bill Bryson-esque and personal journey through the groves and the thickets of the English language, by our foremost scholar of the history and structure of the English language. David Crystal has been described (by the Times Higher Education Supplement) as a sort of 'latter d ...Show more
By Hook or by Crook: A Journey in Search of English by David Crystal
Category: Reference Dictionaries Words
A delightfully discursive, Bill Bryson-esque and personal journey through the groves and the thickets of the English language, by our foremost scholar of the history and structure of the English language. First published 2007. David Crystal has been described as a sort of 'latter day Dr Johnson', a ...Show more
Disappearing Dictionary by CRYSTAL, DAVID
Category: Reference
Wherever you go in the English-speaking world, there are linguistic riches from times past awaiting rediscovery. All you have to do is choose a location, find some old documents, and dig a little. In The Disappearing Dictionary, linguistics expert Professor David Crystal collects together delightful dia ...Show more
Disappearing Dictionary: A Treasury of Lost English Dialect Words by David Crystal
Category: Languages and Reference
Wherever you go in the English-speaking world, there are linguistic riches from times past awaiting rediscovery. All you have to do is choose a location, find some old documents, and dig a little. In The Disappearing Dictionary, linguistics expert Professor David Crystal collects together delightful dia ...Show more
English as a Global Language 2nd Ed by CRYSTAL David
Category: Reference Dictionaries Words