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Walking English, a journey in search of language, David Crystal

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Walking English, a journey in search of language, David Crystal

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-291) and indexes

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Walking English

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

318411422

Responsibility statement

David Crystal

Sub title

a journey in search of language

Summary

Combines personal reflections, historical allusions, and traveler's observations about the author's encounters with language and its users throughout the English-speaking world

Table Of Contents

By hook or by crook : Gaerwen -- Making a beeline : Menai -- We want information : Portmeiron -- Where are you from? : Welshpool -- Good evening, each : Birmingham -- Book-browser syndrome : Hay -- Now Godiva was a lady : Leominster -- The robot's not working : Risbury -- Who was Leonard Slye? : Stratford -- Shall we shog? : Kolkata -- A rash of dermatologists : Arden -- A wheelbarrow called Wilberforce : Lichfield -- How do you like your eggs? : San Francisco -- My husband is without : Lodz -- I'm Jack : Llangollen

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