Browse by category
How Language Works: Popular Penguins by David Crystal
$12.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins500
David Crystal's How Language Worksis a fascinating tour through the world of language from one of today's most renowned experts. It ranges over everything from how children learn to read to what makes words rude or polite, from eyebrow flashes to whistling languages. Unlocking the secrets of communicati ...Show more
Making Sense: The Glamorous World of English Grammar by David Crystal
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reference
David Crystal explains grammar's rules and irregularities, shows how to navigate its snares and pitfalls, and explores its history and varieties. He gives practical guidance on how grammar may be used for different purposes and in different settings. He provides a series of insights into the stages by w ...Show more
Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation by David Crystal
$22.99 AUD
Category: Reference
This 'engaging history of punctuation' (Wall Street Journal) is not only the first history of its kind, but a complete guide on how to use English punctuation. Behind every punctuation mark lies a thousand stories. The punctuation of English, marked with occasional rationality, is founded on arbitrarine ...Show more
Sounds Appealing: The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation by David Crystal
$22.99 AUD
Category: Reference
It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it ... There have long been debates about 'correct' pronunciation in the English language, and Britain's most distinguished linguistic expert, David Crystal, is here to set the record straight. Sounds Appealing tells us exactly why, and how, we pronounce ...Show more
The Stories of English by David Crystal
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
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 - histor ...Show more
0 - 4 of 5