Words On Words: Quotations About Language And Languages - Softcover

Crystal, David; Crystal, Hiliary

 
9780140514186: Words On Words: Quotations About Language And Languages
Softcover
ISBN 10: 014051418X ISBN 13: 9780140514186
Verlag: Penguin, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

WORDS ON WORDS is a unique dictionary of quotations about language and languages from one of the UK's leading language experts. With its thematic structure relating to all aspects of language, this inspired collection is a delight for anyone with an interest in language.Authors range from Wilde to Wordsworth, Darwin to Dickens, James Bond to Dr Johnson, Plato to Winnie-the-Pooh.Robert McCrum: (Observer 4/6/00): 'a unique anthology that celebrates the raw material of any good poem, or, indeed, any prose passage of consequence.'The Good Book Guide: 'an engrossing compendium of quotations about language...the Crystals have... produced a joyful romp through a forest of quotations.'

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Crystal is a leading authority on the English Language. He is honorary Professor of Linguistics at University of Wales and the author of many books both for Penguin and CUP. Most recently for Penguin 'Language Play'. Hilary Crystal is a linguist and speech therapist. Jointly they edit the Cambridge Encyclopedia and Factfinder.They live in Holyhead, Anglesey.

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Verlag
Penguin
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
014051418X
ISBN 13 
9780140514186
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
608
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