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9781590200612

By Hook or By Crook

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  • ISBN-13: 9781590200612
  • ISBN: 1590200616
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Publisher: Overlook Press, The

AUTHOR

Crystal, David

SUMMARY

"David Crystal combines personal reflections, historical allusions, and traveler's observations to create a mesmerizing and entertaining narrative account of his encounters with the English language and its speakers." "Starting in his British home and moving all the way to Poland and off to San Francisco, Crystal encounters numerous linguistic side roads that he cannot resist exploring. All is subject to Crystal's inquisitive exploration - from pubs to trains to Tolkien - and each digression casts new light on the development of English as it is spoken today." "By Hook or by Crook is a linguistic travelogue like no other, an attempt to capture the seductive, quirky, teasing, tantalizing nature of language itself."--BOOK JACKET.Crystal, David is the author of 'By Hook or By Crook', published 2008 under ISBN 9781590200612 and ISBN 1590200616.

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