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The stories of English / David Crystal.

by Crystal, David, 1941-

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Allen Lane, 2004.

English language -- Variation.

English language -- Dialects.

English language -- History.

9780141015934 (pbk.)

vi, 584 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [551]-560) and indexes.

When and why did 'thou' disappear from Standard English? Would a Victorian Cockney have said 'observation' or 'hobservation'? Was Jane Austen making a mistake when she wrote 'Jenny and James are walked to Charmonth this afternoon'? 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. David Crystal is a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster. He held a chair at the University of Reading for 10 years.

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