The story of English in 100 words [sound recording] / David Crystal.
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SoundPublisher number: SLD2882 | AudioGOPublication details: [North Kingstown, RI] : AudioGo, p2011.Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 8 sound discs (7 hr., 57 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0792791541
- 144586519X
- 9780792791546
- 9781445865195
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences, and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century (roe, in case you are wondering). Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words (loaf) to cutting-edge words (twittersphere), and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue (and, what) to the more fanciful (fopdoodle), Crystal takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure, and the downright surprising.
Compact discs.
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Read by the author.
Linguist David Crystal takes listeners on a journey of the English language, highlighting select words that he believes shine a light on the wealth of sources and events that have made the English language what it is today. From the simplest words, such as 'what' and 'loaf' to the more complex and surprising, Crystal showcases the many strange and surprising aspects of the English language and its history.