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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... particular kind of warrior ? Is a bil the same as a sweord , or is it a particular kind of ' sword " ? In Modern English , we know that horse and mare do not have the same meaning , and that horse and steed do - the only difference ...
... particular kind of warrior ? Is a bil the same as a sweord , or is it a particular kind of ' sword " ? In Modern English , we know that horse and mare do not have the same meaning , and that horse and steed do - the only difference ...
Strana 241
... particular background or holding a particular viewpoint . For example , until quite recently the phrase ' the power and the glory ' would identify the speaker of the Lord's Prayer as coming from a Protestant and not a Catholic ...
... particular background or holding a particular viewpoint . For example , until quite recently the phrase ' the power and the glory ' would identify the speaker of the Lord's Prayer as coming from a Protestant and not a Catholic ...
Strana 382
... particular innovation : Words having been hitherto considered as separate and unconnected , are now to be likewise examined as they are arranged in their various relations to others by the rules of SYNTAX or construction , to which I do ...
... particular innovation : Words having been hitherto considered as separate and unconnected , are now to be likewise examined as they are arranged in their various relations to others by the rules of SYNTAX or construction , to which I do ...
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List of Illustrations | 1 |
The origins of Old English | 15 |
The Celtic language puzzle | 29 |
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