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The newest volume in David Crystal's pentalogy of the English language, focusing on the subtleties of pronunciation
David Crystal is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the
University of Wales, Bangor. His many books range from clinical
linguistics to the liturgy and Shakespeare. He is the author of The
Story of English in 100 Words, Spell It Out: The Singular History
of English Spelling, and Making a Point: The Pernickety History of
English Punctuation, all published by Profile. His Stories of
English is a Penguin Classic.
Find him on Twitter @davcr
www.davidcrystal.com
Previous praise for David Crystal:
Crystal's book is full of distractions and delights
*Daily Express*
Refreshing and briskly written ... Crystal shows that grammar is
not nearly as tedious as it can seem
*Sunday Times*
If the history of language is a sort of labyrinth, David Crystal is
an excellent guide
*The Age, Australia*
Delicious revelations ... Crystal does an excellent job, not just
of tracing the etymology of a word, but of relating it to social
history, painting a picture of our times through words
*Independent on Sunday*
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