The Stories of EnglishHarry N. Abrams, 9. 9. 2004 - Počet stran: 608 The Stories of English is a groundbreaking history of the language by David Crystal, the world-renowned writer and commentator on English. Other books have been written on the subject, but they focused on the educated, printed language called standard English. Crystal turns the history of the language on its head and provides a startlingly original view of where the richness, creativity, and diversity of the language truly lies--in the accents and dialects of nonstandard English users all over the globe. Interwoven within this central chronological story are accounts of uses of dialect around the world as well as in literary classics from The Canterbury Tales to The Lord of the Rings. For the first time, regional speech and writing is placed center stage. This significant shift in perspective enables the reader to understand the importance of everyday, previously marginalized, voices in our language, and provides an argument for the way English should be taught in the future. |
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... deal of variation here as well . The more options we have , within the formal - informal spectrum , the more we feel ready to meet the needs of a complex , multifaceted society . With clothing , a diverse wardrobe enables us to dress to ...
... deal of variation here as well . The more options we have , within the formal - informal spectrum , the more we feel ready to meet the needs of a complex , multifaceted society . With clothing , a diverse wardrobe enables us to dress to ...
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... deal of debate and speculation . Much of this debate has addressed the question of intelligibility . When the Danes first arrived , would the Anglo - Saxons have been able to understand what they were saying ? Or would they have needed ...
... deal of debate and speculation . Much of this debate has addressed the question of intelligibility . When the Danes first arrived , would the Anglo - Saxons have been able to understand what they were saying ? Or would they have needed ...
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... deal of inflectional variation ; Modern English has hardly any . And it is during Middle English that we see the eventual disappearance of most of the earlier inflections and the increasing reliance on alternative means of expression ...
... deal of inflectional variation ; Modern English has hardly any . And it is during Middle English that we see the eventual disappearance of most of the earlier inflections and the increasing reliance on alternative means of expression ...
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List of Illustrations | 1 |
The origins of Old English | 15 |
The Celtic language puzzle | 29 |
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