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A Date with Language by David Crystal
$49.99 AUD
Category: English Language
A collection of 366 facts about language to enliven each day of the year. In this ingenious and diverse collection of 366 stories, events, and facts about language, David Crystal presents a selection of insights from literary and linguistic writers, poets, and global institutions, together with the ...Show more
As They Say in Zanzibar: Proverbial Wisdom from around the World by David Crystal
$33.00 AUD
Category: English Language | Reading Level: very good
Proverbs are fascinating in what they tell us about a culture's view of everyday life: whether it be the importance of animals or the significance of the weather, proverbial wisdom is a key factor in understanding different peoples and cultures. Here David Crystal, the world's leading commentator on lan ...Show more
Disappearing Dictionary: A Treasury of Lost English Dialect Words by David Crystal
$29.99 AUD
Category: English Language
Wherever you go in the English-speaking world, there are linguistic riches from times past awaiting rediscovery. All you have to do is choose a location, find some old documents, and dig a little. In The Disappearing Dictionary, linguistics expert Professor David Crystal collects together delightful dia ...Show more
Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for Life by Ben Crystal, David Crystal
$49.99 AUD
Category: Literary Criticism
Shakespeare had an ear and hand that was able to capture our everyday thoughts and emotions, pin them to a page, and express them so well that still today they can make us feel stunned to be seen.'Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.''Make not your thoughts your prisons.''Wisely and slow. ...Show more
Fight for English by David Crystal
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literary Criticism
This is the story of a thousand years of argument about 'correct' English, as world renowned expert David Crystal provides the first thorough-going assessment of the ongoing debate. With a lively and accessible approach, Crystal charts the battles, past and present. He combines a chronological survey of ...Show more
How Language Works by David Crystal
$26.99 AUD
Category: Literary Criticism
In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way, we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how par ...Show more
How Language Works: Popular Penguins by David Crystal
$12.99 AUD
Category: Classics/Literature | Series: Popular Penguins500 | Reading Level: very good
David Crystal's How Language Worksis a fascinating tour through the world of language from one of today's most renowned experts. It ranges over everything from how children learn to read to what makes words rude or polite, from eyebrow flashes to whistling languages. Unlocking the secrets of communicati ...Show more
Making Sense: The Glamorous World of English Grammar by David Crystal
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reference
David Crystal explains grammar's rules and irregularities, shows how to navigate its snares and pitfalls, and explores its history and varieties. He gives practical guidance on how grammar may be used for different purposes and in different settings. He provides a series of insights into the stages by w ...Show more
Sounds Appealing: The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation by David Crystal
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reference
It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it ...There have long been debates about 'correct' pronunciation in the English language, and Britain's most distinguished linguistic expert, David Crystal, is here to set the record straight. Sounds Appealing tells us exactly why, and how, we pronounce w ...Show more
Spell It Out - The Story of English Spelling by David Crystal
$29.99 AUD
Category: Writing | Reading Level: very good
This is an enlightening tour of English spelling that untangles 'stationery' from 'stationary' - and explains why the 'i before e except after c' rule is so misleading. Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictiona ...Show more
Spell It Out: The singular story of English spelling by David Crystal
$24.99 AUD
Category: English Language
This is a unique journey through English spelling, untangling the fascinating origins of its greatest eccentricities. Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Brug ...Show more
Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal
$24.99 AUD
Category: Writing
This title is an eye-opening tour of the English language through the ages. Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient word ('loaf') to cutting edge ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdood ...Show more