Description
| Product ID: | 9780141015934 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Stories of English |
| Authors: | Author: David Crystal |
| Page Count: | 592 |
| Subjects: | Historical and comparative linguistics, Historical & comparative linguistics, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English (Standard English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today. When and why did ''thou'' disappear from Standard English? Would a Victorian Cockney have said ''observation'' or ''hobservation''? Was Jane Austen making a mistake when she wrote ''Jenny and James are walked to Charmonth this afternoon''? |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-05-05 |
