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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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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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508,06 |
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Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for Life
ISBN: 9781399809344 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Sounds Appealing: The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation
ISBN: 9781781256107 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it ... There have long been debates about 'correct' pronunciation in the English language, and Britain's most distinguished linguistic expert, David Crystal, is here to set the record straight. Sounds Appealing tells us exactly why, and how, we pronounce words as we do. Pronunciation is integral to communication, and is tailored to meet the demands of the two main forces behind language: intelligibility and identity. Equipping his readers with knowledge of phonetics, linguistics and physiology - with examples ranging from Eliza Doolittle...
It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it ... There have long been debates about 'correct' pronunciation in the English language, and Br...
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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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Just a Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language
ISBN: 9780415485753 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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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William Tyndale and the English Language
ISBN: 9781851246656 / Angielski / Twarda / 2026 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation
ISBN: 9781781253519 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 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. 16-18 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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Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion
ISBN: 9780140291179 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 676 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Suitable for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by modern audience. It features different panels that look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address.
Suitable for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by modern audience...
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The Language Revolution: Sex and Violence
ISBN: 9780745633138 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. We are living through the consequences of a linguistic revolution. Dramatic linguistic change has left us at the beginning of a new era in the evolution of human language, with repercussions for many individual languages.
In this book, David Crystal, one of the world's authorities on language, brings together for the first time the three major trends which he argues have fundamentally altered the world's linguistic ecology: first, the emergence of English as the world's first truly global language; second, the crisis facing huge numbers of languages... We are living through the consequences of a linguistic revolution. Dramatic linguistic change has left us at the beginning of a new era in the evoluti...
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Words Words Words
ISBN: 9780199210770 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Lexicography is not just an exercise in linguistic accounting," writes preeminent English language scholar David Crystal in this exceptionally lively and erudite little book. "It is a voyage of lexical exploration and discovery."
In Words, Words, Words, Crystal takes readers on a fascinating linguistic adventure, exploring the English language in all its oddity, complexity, and ever-changing beauty. Traveling from word origins and word evolution to wordgangs, wordrisks, wordplay, wordgames and beyond, Crystal shares his immense knowledge of, and equally immense delight in, language. He... "Lexicography is not just an exercise in linguistic accounting," writes preeminent English language scholar David Crystal in this exceptionally lively...
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English as a Global Language
ISBN: 9781107611801 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. David Crystal's classic English as a Global Language considers the history, present status and future of the English language, focusing on its role as the leading international language. English has been deemed the most 'successful' language ever, with 1500 million speakers internationally, presenting a difficult task to those who wish to investigate it in its entirety. However, Crystal explores the subject in a measured but engaging way, always backing up observations with facts and figures. Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this is a book written by an expert both for...
David Crystal's classic English as a Global Language considers the history, present status and future of the English language, focusing on its role as...
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76,61 |
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How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die
ISBN: 9781583332917 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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 an extremely powerful tool that defines the human species. Crystal offers general readers a personal tour of the intricate workings of language. He moves effortlessly from big...
Steven Pinker meets Bill Bryson in this landmark exploration of language. In the author's own words, "How Language Works is not about musi...
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91,98 |
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Cygnus: A Constellation of Crystal Clear Quotes
ISBN: 9781645879725 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
ISBN: 9780199829927 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 1128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Much more than a word list, the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is a browsable source of inspiration as well as an authoritative guide to selecting and using vocabulary. This essential guide for writers provides real-life example sentences and a careful selection of the most relevant synonyms, as well as new usage notes, hints for choosing between similar words, a Word Finder section organized by subject, and a comprehensive language guide. The text is also peppered with thought-provoking reflections on favorite (and not-so-favorite) words by noted contemporary writers, including Joshua...
Much more than a word list, the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is a browsable source of inspiration as well as an authoritative guide to selecting...
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Investigating English Style
ISBN: 9780582550117 / Angielski / Miękka / 1973 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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My Learning Adventure: A Keepsake Book
ISBN: 9781728669533 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Clinical Linguistics
ISBN: 9783709140031 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume is one in a series of monographs being issued under the general title of "Disorders of Human Communication." Each monograph deals in detail with a particular aspect of vocal communication and its disorders, and is written by internationally distinguished experts. Therefore, the series will provide an authoritative source of up-to-date scientific and clinical informa tion relating to the whole field of normal and abnormal speech communication, and as such will succeed the earlier monumental work "Handbuch der Stimm und Sprachheilkunde" by R. Luchsinger and G. E. Arnold (last issued...
This volume is one in a series of monographs being issued under the general title of "Disorders of Human Communication." Each monograph deals in detai...
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