David Crystal: The Stories of English (2005)
ISBN: 9780141015934
David Crystal: The Stories of English (2005)
ISBN: 9780141015934
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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'?
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ISBN
9780141015934
Author
David Crystal
Pages
584
Binding
Soft cover
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Date of publication
2005
Format
Book
Language
English
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.