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By Hook Or By Crook: A Journey in Search of English by David Crystal (Hardcover, 2007)

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A delightfully discursive, Bill Bryson-esque and personal journey through the groves and the thickets of the English language, by our foremost scholar of the history and structure of the English language. David Crystal has been described (by the Times Higher Education Supplement) as a sort of 'latter day Dr Johnson', a populist linguist who has promoted the study of the English language in an academic and broadcasting career that has so far spanned 40 years and nearly 100 books. Now, in his first book for Harper Press, he has written an engaging travel book of more general appeal. Inspired by W. G. Sebald's 'The Rings of Saturn' and by Bill Bryson's books, he has combined personal reflections, historical allusions and traveller observations to create a mesmerising (and entertaining) narrative account of his encounters with the English language and its speakers throughout the world - from Bangor to Bombay and from Stratford to San Francisco. 'By Hook or by Crook' is an attempt to capture the exploratory, seductive, teasing, tantalising nature of language study. As such, it will appeal to the ever - growing market who like to be entertained as well as instructed.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-13
9780007235582
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88708216

Product Key Features

Book Title
By Hook or by Crook: a Journey in Search of English
Author
David Crystal
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Number of Pages
336 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
227mm
Item Width
159mm
Item Weight
610g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
David Crystal
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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