By Hook or By Crook : A Journey in Search of English
de David Crystal
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- ISBN 10
- 0007255020
- ISBN 13
- 9780007255023
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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Collins, Australia, 2007. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 314 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, Australia, 2007. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Remainder mark on page edges. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A delightfully discursive, Bill Bryson-esque and personal journey through the groves and the thickets of the English language, by our foremost scholar of the history and structure of the English language. David Crystal has been described (by the Times Higher Education Supplement) as a sort of 'latter day Dr Johnson', a populist linguist who has promoted the study of the English language in an academic and broadcasting career that has so far spanned 40 years and nearly 100 books. Now, in his first book for Harper Press, he has written an engaging travel book of more general appeal. Inspired by W. G. Sebald's 'The Rings of Saturn' and by Bill Bryson's books, he has combined personal reflections, historical allusions and traveller observations to create a mesmerising (and entertaining) narrative account of his encounters with the English language and its speakers throughout the world - from Bangor to Bombay and from Stratford to San Francisco. 'By Hook or by Crook' is an attempt to capture the exploratory, seductive, teasing, tantalising nature of language study. As such, it will appeal to the ever - growing market who like to be entertained as well as instructed. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Language & Linguistics; ISBN/EAN: 9780007255023. Inventory No: 13050218.. 9780007255023
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-291) and indexes.
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- Librería
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 13050218
- Título
- By Hook or By Crook : A Journey in Search of English
- Autor
- David Crystal
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Trade Paperback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0007255020
- ISBN 13
- 9780007255023
- Editorial
- Collins
- Lugar de publicación
- Australia
- Fecha de publicación
- 2007
- Palabras clave
- BZDB5 Language & Linguistics; By Hook or By Crook : A Journey in Search of English
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Language & Linguistics;
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