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Title: The Stories of English Condition: New Author: David Crystal Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0141015934 EAN: 9780141015934 ISBN: 9780141015934 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Genre: Language & Reference Release Date: 05/05/2005 Description: When and why did 'thou' disappear from Standard English? Would a Victorian Cockney have said 'observation' or 'hobservation'? Was Jane Austen making a mistake when she wrote 'Jenny and James are walked to Charmonth this afternoon'?
This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English (Standard English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Item Width: 25mm Item Weight: 404g Release Year: 2005
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