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Crystal, David, 1941-
Subjects
English language -- History.
English language -- Transmutation.
Historical linguistics.
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Crystal, David, 1941-
English language -- History.
English language -- Transmutation.
Historical linguistics.
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By
hook
or by
crook
: a
journey
in
search
of
English
/ David Crystal.
by
Crystal, David, 1941-
Overlook Press, 2008, c2007.
Call #:
420 C957b
Subjects
English
language -- History.
English
language -- Transmutation.
Historical linguistics.
ISBN:
9781590200612
1590200616
Description:
xiv, 314 p. : ill, map ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London : HarperPress, 2007.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-291) and indexes.
Contents:
By
hook
or by
crook
: Gaerwen -- Making a beeline : Menai -- We want information : Portmeiron -- Where are you from? : Welshpool -- Good evening, each : Birmingham -- Book-browser syndrome : Hay -- Now Godiva was a lady : Leominster -- The robot's not working : Risbury -- Who was Leonard Slye? : Stratford -- Shall we shog? : Kolkata -- A rash of dermatologists : Arden -- A wheelbarrow called Wilberforce : Lichfield -- How do you like your eggs? : San Francisco -- My husband is without : Łódź -- I'm Jack : Llangollen.
Summary:
"David Crystal has been described by the Times Higher Education Supplement as a 'latter-day Samuel Johnson.' Now, in a delightfully discursive
journey
through the groves and thickets of the
English
language, Crystal sets off again, combining personal reflections, historical allusions, and traveler's observations to create a mesmerizing and entertaining narrative account of his encounters with the language and its speakers. Starting in his home of Wales and moving from England all the way to Poland and off to San Francisco, Crystal encounters numerous linguistic side roads that he cannot resist exploring. All are subject to Crystal's inquisitive exploration--from pubs to trains to Tolkien--and each digression casts new light on the development of
English
as it is spoken today. By
Hook
or By
Crook
is a linguistic travelogue like no other, and an attempt to capture the seductive, quirky, teasing, tantalizing nature of the language itself--a jaunty Bill Bryson-esque exploration of language by a foremost expert on the subject."--Dustjacket.
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