The stories of English
Crystal, David, 1941-2005
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Crystal offers the reader with not only the authoritative history of standard English, but also narrates the stories of the dialects of English, showing how they influenced the development of standard English. Numerous panels describe word histories and look in detail at specific idiosyncracies.
Main title:
The stories of English / David Crystal.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2005.
Collation:
vi, 584 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (p. 551-560) and index.
ISBN:
9780141015934 (pbk)
Dewey class:
420.9
Language:
English
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BRN:
1403768
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