David Crystal's 50 questions about English usage / David Crystal ; consultant and editor Scott Thornbury.
Crystal, David, 1941-| Call Number | 428 |
| Author | Crystal, David, 1941- author. |
| Title | David Crystal's 50 questions about English usage / David Crystal ; consultant and editor Scott Thornbury. David Crystal's fifty questions about English usage |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (viii, 112 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Series | Cambridge handbooks for language teachers |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jun 2021). |
| Summary | David Crystal answers fifty questions about language usage, from general enquiries to specific points of grammar, pronunciation, orthography, vocabulary, idiom, and style. In this compact, user-friendly book, David Crystal draws on his extensive knowledge and experience to answer questions from English language teachers and learners from around the world. The book covers topics ranging from general enquiries about the language as a whole to specific points of grammar, pronunciation, orthography, vocabulary, idiom and style. The author's responses are illustrated by personal anecdotes, placed within historical and literary context and supported by research and corpus data to provide unique, authentic insights. |
| Subject | English language Usage. |
| Multimedia |
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| Summary | David Crystal answers fifty questions about language usage, from general enquiries to specific points of grammar, pronunciation, orthography, vocabulary, idiom, and style. In this compact, user-friendly book, David Crystal draws on his extensive knowledge and experience to answer questions from English language teachers and learners from around the world. The book covers topics ranging from general enquiries about the language as a whole to specific points of grammar, pronunciation, orthography, vocabulary, idiom and style. The author's responses are illustrated by personal anecdotes, placed within historical and literary context and supported by research and corpus data to provide unique, authentic insights. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jun 2021). |
| Subject | English language Usage. |
| Multimedia |