The Disappearing Dictionary by David Crystal

The Disappearing Dictionary by David Crystal

A beautiful gift book that collects together brilliantly quirky English dialect words, before they disappear for ever.

David Crystal works from his home in Holyhead, North Wales, as a writer, editor, lecturer and broadcaster. He has published extensively on the history and development of English, including The Stories of English, Evolving English and Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling. He and his son Ben joined forces to co-write You Say Potato and The Oxford Illustrated Dictionary of Shakespeare. He held a chair at the University of Reading for ten years, and is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Bangor. He was 'Master of Original Pronunciation' at Shakespeare's Globe in London for its productions of Romeo and Juliet and Troilus and Cressida in 2004-5, and has since acted as an accent consultant for other such productions worldwide.

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ISBN 13	9781447282808
ISBN 10	1447282809
Title	The Disappearing Dictionary
Author	David Crystal
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2015-05-21
Number of pages	320
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.