David Crystal
Es uno de los mejores especialistas en lenguaje del mundo. Profesor honorario en la Universidad de Wales, Bangor, ha publicado muchos libros sobre la Lengua Inglesa y la Lingüística, ha editado numerosas enciclopedias generalistas y ha escrito libros de texto para la escuela. Por otra parte, participa con regularidad en programas de radio y televisión. Entre sus libros están The Stories of English (2004), Txtng: The Gr8 Db8 (2008) y Just a Phrase I'm Going Through (2009).
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- Yale University Press, 2025
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 16,50 €
ISBN 978-0-300-28323-5
EAN 9780300283235
From the first words of an infant to the peculiar modern dialect of text messaging, this book reveals language's myriad intricacies and quirks. It sheds light on the development of unique linguistic styles, the origins of obscure accents, and the search for the first written word.
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Everyday Shakespeare
Lines for Life
- John Murray, 2023
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 400 páginas
PVP: 20,75 €
ISBN 978-1-399-80933-7
EAN 9781399809337
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. ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 19,90 €
ISBN 978-1-108-95918-6
EAN 9781108959186
David Crystal responde a cincuenta preguntas sobre el uso del lenguaje, de las consultas generales con los puntos específicos de la gramática, pronunciación, ortografía, vocabulario, lenguaje y estilo.En este libro compacto, fácil de usar, David Crystal se basa en su amplio conocimiento y experiencia para responder a las preguntas de los profesores y estudiantes de ...
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Con una lengua desapareciendo cada dos semanas y neologismos apareciendo casi a diario, una explicación sobre los orígenes y estado actual del lenguaje nunca ha sido tan oportuna. En este espléndido volumen, escrito en especial para jóvenes lectores, el versado lingüista David Crystal demuestra por qué la historia del lenguaje merece volver a ser contada. ...
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Sounds Appealing
The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation
- Profile Books, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 304 páginas
PVP: 16,45 €
ISBN 978-1-78125-609-1
EAN 9781781256091
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 words as we do.Pronunciation is ...
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- Profile Books, 2017
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 14,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78125-602-2
EAN 9781781256022
The world's greatest authority on language explains the secrets and subtleties of the grammar of English. David Crystal explores its history and varieties, explains its rules and irregularities and shows how to navigate its snares and pitfalls. He gives practical guidance on how grammar is used in different ways for different purposes and in different ...
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The Gift of the Gab
How Eloquence Works
- Yale University Press, 2017
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 14,95 €
ISBN 978-0-300-22640-9
EAN 9780300226409
We all know eloquence when we hear it. But what exactly is it? And how might we gain more of it for ourselves? This entertaining and, yes, eloquent book illuminates the power of language from a linguistic point of view and provides fascinating insights into the way we use words. David Crystal, a world-renowned expert ...
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- Profile Books, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 400 páginas
PVP: 14,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78125-351-9
EAN 9781781253519
The triumphant concluding volume in David Crystal's classic trilogy on the English language combines the first history of English punctuation with a complete guide on how to use it. Behind every punctuation mark lies a thousand stories. The punctuation of English, marked with occasional rationality, is founded on arbitrariness and littered with oddities. For a ...
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- Pan, 2016
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 14,60 €
ISBN 978-1-5098-0176-3
EAN 9781509801763
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 dialect words that either provide an insight into an older ...
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Making a Point
The Pernickity Story of English Punctuation
- Profile Books, 2015
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 18,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78125-350-2
EAN 9781781253502
Behind every punctuation mark lie a thousand stories. The punctuation of English, marked with occasional rationality, is founded on arbitrariness and littered with oddities. For a system of a few dozen marks it generates a disproportionate degree of uncertainty and passion, inspiring organisations like the Apostrophe Protection Society and sending enthusiasts, correction-pens in hand, in ...
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- Pan, 2014
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 256 páginas
PVP: 19,95 €
ISBN 978-1-4472-4969-6
EAN 9781447249696
Some people say scohn, while others say schown. He says bath, while she says bahth. You say potayto.I say potahto And- -wait a second, no one says potahto. No one's ever said potahto. Have they? From reconstructing Shakespeare's accent to the rise and fall of Received Pronunciation, actor Ben Crystal and his linguist father David ...
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Spell it Out
The Singular Story of English Spelling
- Profile Books, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 224 páginas
PVP: 15,00 €
ISBN 978-1-84668-568-2
EAN 9781846685682
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 Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their foreign ears, and it stuck. Seventy-five per cent of English spelling ...
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- Profile Books, 2012
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 12,50 €
ISBN 978-1-84668-428-9
EAN 9781846684289
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 ('fopdoodle'), Crystal takes us along the winding byways of language via ...
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- Yale University Press, 2011
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 14,75 €
ISBN 978-0-300-17082-5
EAN 9780300170825
With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves why the story of language deserves retelling. From the first ...
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- Penguin UK, 2007
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 512 páginas
PVP: 19,20 €
ISBN 978-0-14-101552-1
EAN 9780141015521
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 parents teach their children to ...
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- Penguin UK, 2005
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 592 páginas
PVP: 19,30 €
ISBN 978-0-14-101593-4
EAN 9780141015934
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 Charmouth this afternoon? This wonderfully entertaining history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English ...
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Shakespeare's Words
A Glossary and Language Companion
- Penguin UK, 2004
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 676 páginas
PVP: 41,75 €
ISBN 978-0-14-029117-9
EAN 9780140291179
Shakespeare's Words is for people who love Shakespeare, or who love language, or both. David Crystal, one of the world's leading experts on the English language, and his actor son, Ben, have created an immensely practical and enlightening guide to understanding Shakespeare's language for readers, audiences, students, directors and actors.They have collected over 14,000 words ...
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English Language
A Guided Tour of the Language
- Penguin UK, 2002
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 15,20 €
ISBN 978-0-14-100396-2
EAN 9780141003962
This is the definitive survey of the English language - in all its forms. Crystal writes accessibly about the structure of the language, the uses of English throughout the world and finally he gives a brief history of English. The book has been fully revised and there is a fascinating new chapter on 'The effect ...
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