David Crystal: Bookish Words & Their Surprising Stories, Gebunden
Bookish Words & Their Surprising Stories
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Current price: EUR 23.92
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- Publisher:
- Bodleian Library, 06/2025
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781851246519
- Item number:
- 12000114
- Volume:
- 176 Pages
- Weight:
- 454 g
- Format:
- 184 x 118 mm
- Thickness:
- 20 mm
- Release date:
- 20.6.2025
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
This book tells the fascinating stories behind 100 everyday words that have been influenced by writing, reading and publishing books.
Biography
David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has written or edited over 1 books and published numerous articles for scholarly, professional, and general readerships, in fields ranging from forensic linguistics and ELT to the liturgy and Shakespeare. His books include the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (2nd edn 1997), the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (2nd edn 2003), Words, Words, Words (OUP 2006), and The Fight for English (OUP 2006).
David Crystal
Bookish Words & Their Surprising Stories
Current price: EUR 23.92
