How has the English language developed over time? How have words entered the English language, or changed their meaning? David Crystal takes us on a wonderful tour through the origins and evolution of 15 groups of words, from dying to spacecraft...
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Knihapevná vazba472 KčVíce než 30 dní
From reconstructing Shakespeare's accent to the rise and fall of Received Pronunciation, actor Ben Crystal and his linguist father David travel the world in search of the stories of spoken English...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba428 KčVíce než 30 dní
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...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba335 KčSkladem 1 ks
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 Charmonth this afternoon'? ...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba370 KčDo 19 – 24 dnů
A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable power...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba325 KčVíce než 30 dní
Who formed and shaped the English language? David and Hilary Crystal take us on a journey through Britain to discover the people who gave our language its colour and character; Saxon invaders, medieval scholars, poets, reformers, dictionary writers...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba457 KčVíce než 30 dní
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. This is the
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Knihašitá vazba667 KčSkladem 1 ks
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...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba301 KčVíce než 30 dní
A collection of 366 facts about language to enliven each day of the year...
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Knihapevná vazba706 KčVíce než 30 dní
Now in its third edition, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language provides the most comprehensive coverage of the history, structure and worldwide use of English. Fully updated and expanded, with a fresh ...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba1 019 KčDo 17 – 22 dnů
Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient word ('loaf') to advanced ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), the author takes us...
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