Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Think On My Words Think On My Words David Crystal 'You speak a language that I understand not.' Hermione's words to Leontes in The Winter's Tale are likely to ring true with many people reading or watching Shakespeare's plays today. For decades, peo… OL114322W
By Hook or by Crook By Hook or by Crook David Crystal David Crystal has been described by The Times Higher Education Supplement as a "latter-day Samuel Johnson." Now in a delightfully decisive journey through the groves and thickets of the English langu… OL114326W
How Language Works How Language Works David Crystal In the author's own words, "How Language Works is not about music, cookery, or sex. But it is about how we talk about music, cookery, and sex—or, indeed, anything at all." Language is so fundamental … OL114345W
Pronouncing Shakespeare Pronouncing Shakespeare David Crystal How did Shakespeare's plays sound when they were originally performed? How can we know, and could the original pronunciation ever be recreated? For three days in June 2004 Shakespeare's Globe present… OL15105706W
The Shakespeare Miscellany The Shakespeare Miscellany David Crystal The Shakespeare miscellany is an illuminating and endlessly absorbing miscellany of observations about the world's greatest writer. David Crystal, author of the acclaimed The Stories of English, and … OL15105720W
The gift of the gab The gift of the gab David Crystal "We all know eloquence when we hear it. But what exactly is it? And how might we gain more of it for ourselves? This entertaining and, yes, eloquent book illuminates the power of language from a ling… OL19668664W
Spell it out Spell it out David Crystal Presents a history of English spelling through chapters that cover such topics as the introduction of the Roman alphabet, each letter's origins, and the development of long and short vowels. OL19967842W