David Crystal
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David Crystal
The English Language
The book has been fully revised and there is a fascinating new chapter on 'The effect of technology' on the English language.
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Clinical Linguistics
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.
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Bookish Words & their Surprising Stories
This book tells the fascinating stories behind 100 everyday words that have been influenced by writing, reading and publishing books.
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That's the Ticket for Soup!
The vocabulary of past times is always fascinating, especially when we see how it was pilloried by the satirists of the day. In this intriguing collection, David Crystal has pored through the pages of the satirical magazine 'Punch', and reveals how many present-day feelings about words have their origins over a century ago.
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A Date with Language
A collection of 366 witty and fascinating facts, events and stories about language, for every day of the year (with one extra for leap years).
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