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That's the Ticket for Soup!: Victorian Views on Vocabulary as Told in the Pages of Punch
ISBN: 9781851245529 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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Making Sense: The Glamorous Story of English Grammar
ISBN: 9781781256022 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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Discover Grammar
ISBN: 9780582294356 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. An enthusiastic and practical approach to language learning * A riveting and valuable combination of David Crystal's language expertise and Geoff Barton's sound, practical classroom experience. * Essential reference for every class working towards GCSE and Standard Grade.
An enthusiastic and practical approach to language learning * A riveting and valuable combination of David Crystal's language expertise and Geoff Bart...
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Internet Linguistics: A Student Guide
ISBN: 9780415602686 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Internet is now an integral part of contemporary life and linguists are increasingly concerned with how it is impacting on language. In this student-friendly guidebook, David Crystal investigates how so much junk email gets past the spam filter and how to stop it, and he looks at why we overuse exclamation marks in online communication.
The Internet is now an integral part of contemporary life and linguists are increasingly concerned with how it is impacting on language. In this stude...
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David Crystal's 50 Questions About English Usage Pocket Editions: Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers Pocket Editions
ISBN: 9781108959186 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. David Crystal answers fifty questions about language usage, from general enquiries to specific points of grammar, pronunciation, orthography, vocabulary, idiom, and style. In this compact, user-friendly book, David Crystal draws on his extensive knowledge and experience to answer questions from English language teachers and learners from around the world. The book covers topics ranging from general enquiries about the language as a whole to specific points of grammar, pronunciation, orthography, vocabulary, idiom and style. The author's responses are illustrated by personal anecdotes, placed...
David Crystal answers fifty questions about language usage, from general enquiries to specific points of grammar, pronunciation, orthography, vocabula...
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Listen to Your Child: A Parent's Guide to Children's Language
ISBN: 9780140110159 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Learning to talk is probably the greatest milestone in a child's development, a deeply moving and often hilarious experience for all parents. It is also a process which has been intensively studied by psychologists and linguists. This book shows us what they have discovered.
Learning to talk is probably the greatest milestone in a child's development, a deeply moving and often hilarious experience for all parents. It is al...
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The Gift of the Gab: How Eloquence Works
ISBN: 9780300226409 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable power
We all know eloquence when we hear it. But what exactly is it? And how might we gain more of it for ourselves? This entertaining and, yes, eloquent book illuminates the power of language from a linguistic point of view and provides fascinating insights into the way we use words. David Crystal, a world-renowned expert on the history and usage of the English language, probes the intricate workings of eloquence. His lively analysis encompasses everyday... A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable power
We all know e... |
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Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language
ISBN: 9780199695188 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Let there be light," "A fly in the ointment," "New wine in old bottles," "How are the mighty fallen," "The salt of the earth." All these everyday phrases owe their popularity to the King James Bible. Indeed, it is said that this astonishing Bible has contributed more to the color and grace of the English language than almost any other literary source.
In Begat, best-selling language expert David Crystal offers a stimulating tour of the verbal richness and incredible reach of the King James Bible. How can a work published in 1611 have had such a lasting influence on the language? To... "Let there be light," "A fly in the ointment," "New wine in old bottles," "How are the mighty fallen," "The salt of the earth." All these everyday phr...
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The Story of Be: A Verb's-Eye View of the English Language
ISBN: 9780198791096 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: to be. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals be's multiple incarnations, David Crystal takes us to the heart of our flexible and changing language. He tells the intriguing story in 26 chapters, each linked to a particular usage. We meet circumstantial be ("how are you?"), numerical be ("two and two is four"), quotative be ("so I was like, 'wow'"), and ludic be ("oh no he isn't "), and a whole swarm of other meanings....
It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: to be. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any o...
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Rediscover Grammar Third edition
ISBN: 9780582848627 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. David Crystal guides readers through the maze of structures and terminology of the English language. He shows how language structures link together, describes their features and usage, and cautions against easy mistakes.
David Crystal guides readers through the maze of structures and terminology of the English language. He shows how language structures link together, d...
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You Say Potato: The Story of English Accents
ISBN: 9781447255468 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. An authoritative, entertaining book about our accents, and what they say about us
Some people say scohn, while others say schown. He says bath, while she says bahth. You say potayto. I say potahto And wait a second, no one says potahto. No one's ever said potahto. Have they? From reconstructing Shakespeare's accent to the rise and fall of Received Pronunciation, actor Ben Crystal and his linguist father David travel the world in search of the stories of spoken English. Everyone has an accent, though many of us think we don't. We all have our likes and dislikes about the way other people... An authoritative, entertaining book about our accents, and what they say about us
Some people say scohn, while others say schown. He says bath, w... |
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The Story of English in 100 Words
ISBN: 9781846684289 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, the foremost expert on linguistics David Crystal draws on the 100 words that best illustrate the huge variety of developments and events that have shaped our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century.
In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, the foremost expert on linguistics David Crystal draws on the 100 words that best ...
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The Stories of English
ISBN: 9781585677191 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 584 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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 English, a groundbreaking history of the language by David Crystal, the world-renowned writer and commentator on English. Many books have been...
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 ...
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William Tyndale and the English Language
ISBN: 9781851246656 / Angielski / Twarda / 10-04-2026 / 248 str. Książka dostępna od: 10-04-2026 |
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The Stories of English
ISBN: 9780141015934 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. 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.
This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many st...
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Making Sense: The Glamorous Story of English Grammar
ISBN: 9780190660574 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In Making Sense, David Crystal confronts the foe of many: grammar. Once taught relentlessly to all students in the English-speaking world, grammar disappeared from most school curricula, so that terms such as "preposition" and "conjunction" now often confound children and adults alike. Explaining the nuts and bolts of grammar presents a special challenge, because - far more than is the case with spelling and punctuation - the subject is burdened with a centuries-old history of educational practice that many will recall as anything but glamorous. One of the world's foremost...
In Making Sense, David Crystal confronts the foe of many: grammar. Once taught relentlessly to all students in the English-speaking world, gr...
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A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
ISBN: 9781405152969 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Now completely revised and updated, incorporating new words or senses which have developed in linguistics during the past five years, based on recommendations by a team of experts in phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics and sociolinguistics.
Now completely revised and updated, incorporating new words or senses which have developed in linguistics during the past five years, based on recomme...
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Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for Life
ISBN: 9781399809337 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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Just a Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language
ISBN: 9780415485746 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In what is both an entertaining autobiography and an introduction to the field of linguistics, Professor David Crystal gives his answer to the question 'What happens when you become a liguist?' Surprisingly, the answer he gives is 'Kidnapping, attempted assassination, espionage ...'
In what is both an entertaining autobiography and an introduction to the field of linguistics, Professor David Crystal gives his answer to the questio...
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Just a Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language
ISBN: 9780415485753 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Kidnapping, attempted assassination, espionage ... not the answers you'd expect to the question 'what happens when you become a linguist?' But now, reflecting on a long and hugely successful career at the forefront of the field of English Language and Linguistics, David Crystal answers this question and offers us a special look behind the scenes at the adventures, rewards, challenges and pitfalls of his life in language. Both an autobiography and a highly accessible introduction to the field of linguistics, Just a Phrase I'm Going Through... Kidnapping, attempted assassination, espionage ... not the answers you'd expect to the question 'what happens when you become a linguist?' ... |
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