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  • Walking English

    A Journey in Search of Language

    by David Crystal ...
    From an acclaimed linguist, " part travelogue, part memoir, and part meditation on the intellectual and emotional underpinnings of language. . . . Priceless." ( Booklist)In this discursive jaunt through the groves and thickets of the English language, David Crystal creates an entertaining narrative account of his encounters with the language and its speakers. Woven from personal reflections, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crystal’s Curiosity Cabinet

    An English Language Miscellany

    by David Crystal ...
    What do a comic alphabet, a glorious lipogram and a wellerism have in common?Or, an audit of accountants, an illusion of magicians, and an intrusion of spammers?And do you know how Shakespeare pronounced his name?Quirky, original, amusing and enlightening, this charming English Language Miscellany from David Crystal, one of the greatest British linguists of our time, offers fascinating ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Listen to Your Child

    A Parent's Guide to Children's Language

    by David Crystal ...
    Learning to talk is probably the greatest milestone in a child's development: a deeply moving and often hilarious experience for all parents.In this charming and informative book, Britain's leading expert on the English language talks you through every stage in your child's language development. Over thirty years after its original publication, this new and updated edition of Listen to your Child ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Shakespeare's Words

    A Glossary and Language Companion

    by Ben Crystal, David Crystal ...
    A vital resource for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by or are unknown to a modern audience. Displayed panels look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address. Plot summaries are included for all Shakespeare's plays and on the facing page is a unique diagramatic ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • How Language Works

    by David Crystal ...
    In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The English Language

    A Guided Tour of the Language

    by David Crystal ...
    This is the definitive survey of the English language - in all its forms. Crystal writes accessibly about the structure of the language, the uses of English throughout the world and finally he gives a brief history of English. The book has been fully revised and there is a fascinating new chapter on 'The effect of technology' on the English language. 'Illuminating guided tour of our common ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Stories of English

    by David Crystal ...
    A groundbreaking history of worldwide English in all its dialects, differences, and linguistic delights: "Informative . . . distinctive . . . a spirited celebration." — The GuardianIn this "well-informed and appealing" work ( Publishers Weekly), David Crystal puts aside the usual focus on "standard" English, and instead provides a startlingly original view of where the richness, creativity, and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Story of English in 100 Words

    by David Crystal, St Martins Press ...
    In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on 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 was written down in the fifth century ('roe', in case you are wondering). Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • How Language Works

    How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die

    by David Crystal ...
    Steven Pinker meets Bill Bryson in this landmark exploration of language.In the author's own words, "How Language Works is not about music, cookery, or sex. But it is about how we talk about music, cookery, and sex-or, indeed, anything at all." Language is so fundamental to everyday life that we take it for granted. But as David Crystal makes clear in this work of unprecedented scope, language is ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $5.99 USD

  • A Little Book of Language

    by David Crystal ...
    Series series Little Histories
    Now in paperback, in the tradition of E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, a lively journey through the story of languageWith 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 ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Spell It Out

    The Curious, Enthralling, and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling

    by David Crystal ...
    "[A] whirlwind review of the history of English spelling . . . with small gems of discovery every few pages." — BooklistWhy is English spelling so difficult? In thirty-seven short, engaging and informative chapters, linguist and logophile David Crystal takes readers on a history starting with the Roman missionaries' sixth-century introduction of the Roman alphabet and ending with where the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Language Death

    by David Crystal ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    The rapid endangerment and death of many minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern, not only among linguists and anthropologists but among all concerned with issues of cultural identity in an increasingly globalized culture. By some counts, only 600 of the 6,000 or so languages in the world are 'safe' from the threat of extinction. A leading commentator and popular ... Read more

    $21.39 USD