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
Szerző
David Crystal
Kötés
Puhakötés
Kiadási év
2005
Formátum
Könyv
Nyelv
Angol
Tankönyvlistás
Nem
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.