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(0)David Crystal
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
vii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a history of English spelling through chapters that cover such topics as the introduction of the Roman alphabet, each letter's origins, and the development of long and short vowels.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
The world's foremost expert on the English language takes us on an entertaining and eye-opening tour of the history of our vernacular through the ages.
In The Story of English in 100 Words, an entertaining history of the world's most ubiquitous language, David Crystal draws on one hundred words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word-'roe'-was...
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
vi, 584 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The English language is now accepted as the global lingua franca of the modern age, spoken or written in by over a quarter of the human race. But how did it evolve? How did a language spoken originally by a few thousand Anglo-Saxons become one used by more than 1,500 million? What developments can be seen as we move from Beowulf to Chaucer to Shakespeare to Dickens and the present day? A host of fascinating questions are answered in The Stories of...