Pocket • 2005 • Engelska

The Stories of English

Name: The Stories of English
SKU: 9780141015934
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ISBN: 9780141015934

Av David Crystal

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<p>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'?<br><br>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 lang...Visa mer

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9780141015934

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2005

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Engelska

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The Stories of English

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