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The Story of English in 100 Words

内容简介

FeaturingLatinateandCelticwords,weaselwordsandnonce-words,ancientwords('loaf')tocuttingedge('twittersphere')andspanningtheindispensablewordsthatshapeourtongue('and','what')tothemorefanciful('fopdoodle'),Crystaltakesusalongthewindingbywaysoflanguageviatherude,theobscureandthedownrightsurprising.Inthisuniquenewhistoryoftheworld'smostubiquitouslanguage,linguisticsexpertDavidCrystaldrawsonwordsthatbestillustratethehugevarietyofsources,influencesandeventsthathavehelpedtoshapeourvernacularsincethefirstdefinitivelyEnglishwordwaswrittendowninthefifthcentury('roe',incaseyouarewondering).

作者简介

DavidCrystalworksfromhishomeinHolyhead,NorthWales,asawriter,editor,lecturer,andbroadcaster.BorninLisburn,NorthernIrelandin1941,hespenthisearlyyearsinHolyhead.HisfamilymovedtoLiverpoolin1951,andhereceivedhissecondaryschoolingatStMary'sCollege.HereadEnglishatUniversityCollegeLondon(1959-62),specialisedinEnglishlanguagestudies,didsomeresearchthereattheSurveyofEnglishUsageunderRandolphQuirk(1962-3),thenjoinedacademiclifeasalecturerinlinguistics,firstatBangor,thenatReading.Hepublishedthefirstofhis100orsobooksin1964,andbecameknownchieflyforhisresearchworkinEnglishlanguagestudies,insuchfieldsasintonationandstylistics,andintheapplicationoflinguisticstoreligious,educationalandclinicalcontexts,notablyinthedevelopmentofarangeoflinguisticprofilingtechniquesfordiagnosticandtherapeuticpurposes.HeheldachairattheUniversityofReadingfor10years,andisnowHonoraryProfessorofLinguisticsattheUniversityofWales,Bangor.Thesedayshedivideshistimebetweenworkonlanguageandworkoninternetapplications.

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