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512 pages • first pub 2006 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141015521
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Edition Pub Date: 29 March 2007
Description
In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find...
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512 pages • first pub 2006 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141015521
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Edition Pub Date: 29 March 2007
Description
In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find...