By Hook Or By Crook: A Journey in Search of English

By Hook Or By Crook: A Journey in Search of English
Author: David Crystal
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 57
Release: 2008-09-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0007284063


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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.


By Hook Or by Crook
Language: en
Pages: 340
Authors: David Crystal
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: HarperCollins UK

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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 hi
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Language: en
Pages: 283
Authors: David Crystal
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
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Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ('loaf') to cutting edge ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words
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Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: David Crystal
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-29 - Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

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Reprint. Originally published as: By hook or by crook: a journey in search of English. London: HarperPress, 2007.
Eish, but is it English?
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: Rajend Mesthrie
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-05 - Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

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"What makes South African English different? Have you ever wondered where the words ‘gogga’, ‘tsotsi’ and ‘larney’ come from? Did you know that the
Just A Phrase I'm Going Through
Language: en
Pages: 314
Authors: David Crystal
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-02 - Publisher: Routledge

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A cross between an autobiography and an introductory to linguistics which will serve multiple purposes and appeal to both students and the general reader alike.