Stories of English

David Crystal

RRP: £12.99

Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP

Publication Date : 05/05/2005

Paperback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

This wonderfully entertaining history of the English language shows us how the many strands of English, from Standard English, through different dialects, to slang usage, developed to create the richly-varied language of today.

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Publisher's description:

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.

ISBN: 9780141015934