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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.Read More

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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'? 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.

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    The Stories of English : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141015934 : : 01 Jan 2006 : 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.

  • 0141015934
  • 9780141015934
  • David Crystal
  • 5 May 2005
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 592
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