David Crystal
Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language
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What do the following have in common? Let there be light — A fly in the ointment — A rod of iron —…
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
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This new, thoroughly revised edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language…
The Future of Language: The Routledge David Crystal Lectures (+ DVD)
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For the first time, «The Future of Language» brings together three of Professor David Crystal’s…
Just A Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language
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Kidnapping, attempted assassination, espionage…not the answers you’d expect to the question ‘what…
By Hook or by Crook: A Journey in Search of English
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A delightfully discursive, Bill Bryson-esque and personal journey through the groves and the…
By Hook or By Crook: A Journey in Search of English
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In this delightful excursion through the English language, Crystal combines personal reflections,…
The Penguin Concise Encyclopedia
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World-renowned linguist and reference editor, David Crystal, brings us the third edition of…
Words Words Words
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- Explores the endlessly fascinating world of words — World-renowned expert draws on a lifetime's…
How Language Works
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In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David…
Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left
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Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves injected new life into the long-standing arguments over…
How Language Works
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This is a book about how language works, not about how the study of language works. Each chapter is…
The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Quotations
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The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Quotations contains thousands of epigrams and bons mots from…
The Penguin Pocket Spelling Dictionary
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Anyone who needs to check a spelling quickly and easily will find this pocket dictionary absolutely…