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An autobiography and an introduction to the field of linguistics. It offers us a look behind the scenes at the adventures, rewards, challenges and pit

It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: 'to be'. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other En

Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient word ('loaf') to advanced ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable

For decades, people have been studying Shakespeare's life and times, and in recent years there has been a renewed surge of interest into aspects of hi

This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many st

A delightfully discursive, Bill Bryson-esque and personal journey through the groves and the thickets of the English language, by our foremost scholar

Banter, chit-chat, gossip, natter, tete-a-tete: these are just a few of the terms for the varied ways in which we interact with one another through co

The endangerment and death of minority languages across the world is a matter of widespread concern. A leading commentator on language issues, David C

An autobiography and an introduction to the field of linguistics. It offers us a look behind the scenes at the adventures, rewards, challenges and pit

A collection of 366 witty and fascinating facts, events and stories about language, for every day of the year (with one extra for leap years).

Provides a survey of the English language in its various forms. This book describes the structure of the language, the uses of English throughout the

David Crystal answers fifty questions about language usage, from general enquiries to specific points of grammar, pronunciation, orthography, vocabula

The New York Times Bestseller and Sunday Times, Observer and Bbc History Book of the Year Finalist for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing 202

Het begin van alles is een revolutionaire herziening van de geschiedenis van de mensheid. Het neemt je mee op een duizelingwekkende en meeslepende rit

Acclaimed author Crystal Wilkinson’s country roots and passion for language combine in this collection of lyrics and prose about Blackness, racism,

Dopamine, oxytocine, serotonine, cortisol, endorfine, testosteron: waarschijnlijk gaat er bij het lezen van deze termen wel een belletje rinkelen. Dez

Have you wondered how marketers use data and technology to capture relevant information on their target audience? Or how marketers in today's world de

The quest for liberty has driven political movements across the globe, inspiring revolutions in America, France, China and many other countries over t

Historian David Moss adapts the case study method made famous by Harvard Business School to revitalize our conversations about governance and democrac