A Date with Language
A Date with Language
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A Date with Language by David Crystal
A collection of 366 witty and fascinating facts, events and stories about language, for every day of the year (with one extra for leap years).
‘I use it as a reference book when I need a quick reminder of some aspect of something I’d once learned but long since forgotten, but more often I read it for the pleasure of it, as each entry is a magnificent tiny work of artNot a single word was penned in haste, you can feel it as you read and it seems to slow the world down a beat.’ -- Gretchen Bakke * publicbooks.org *
David Crystal is a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster on language. His books include The Stories of English (2004), Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourist's Guide to Britain (with Hilary Crystal, 2013), The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation (2016) and The Story of Be: A Verb's-Eye View of the English Language (2017).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781851246113 |
| ISBN 10 | 1851246118 |
| Title | A Date with Language |
| Author | David Crystal |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bodleian Library |
| Year published | 2023-10-12 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |