David Crystal: A Date with Language
A Date with Language
Buch
- Fascinating Facts, Events and Stories for Every Day of the Year
- Bodleian Library, 10/2023
- Einband: Gebunden
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781851246113
- Bestellnummer: 11489200
- Umfang: 400 Seiten
- Gewicht: 694 g
- Maße: 240 x 160 mm
- Stärke: 34 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 12.10.2023
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
A collection of 366 facts about language to enliven each day of the year.In this ingenious and diverse collection of 366 stories, events, and facts about language, David Crystal presents a selection of insights from literary and linguistic writers, poets, and global institutions, together with the weird and wonderful creations of language enthusiasts to enliven each day of the year. This day-by-day treatment illustrates the extraordinary, the weird, and the wonderful creations of language, covering everything from holidays like "Morse Code Day" and "Talk Like William Shatner Day" to the forensic phonetics used to catch serial killers. The book covers writers from many different eras and cultures, including William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, R. K. Narayan, Wole Soyinka, and many more.
Some days focus on pronunciation, orthography, grammar, or vocabulary. Others focus on the way language is used in science, religion, politics, broadcasting, publishing, the arts, and the Internet. Some days acknowledge the achievements of language study, such as in language teaching, speech therapy, deaf education, and forensic science, as well as technological progress, from the humble pencil to digital software. Several days celebrate individual languages, including those spoken in small language communities.
A celebration of creativity and change, this book will inspire readers to make a daily date with language.
Biografie
David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has written or edited over 1 books and published numerous articles for scholarly, professional, and general readerships, in fields ranging from forensic linguistics and ELT to the liturgy and Shakespeare. His books include the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (2nd edn 1997), the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (2nd edn 2003), Words, Words, Words (OUP 2006), and The Fight for English (OUP 2006).Mehr von David Crystal
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David Crystal
A Date with Language
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