David Crystal
31 titles on Bookis
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Rediscover Grammar

Making Sense of Grammar

English as a Global Language

The Shakespeare Miscellany

The English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language

The Disappearing Dictionary

A little book of language

Sounds Appealing

Wordsmiths and Warriors

Words in Time and Place

The Gift of the Gab

The Story of Be

Making a Point

We Are Not Amused

Canto

You Say Potato

Making Sense

The Cambridge Encyclopedia

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language

Shakespeare's Words

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language

Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling, and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling

How Language Works

A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics (The Language Library)