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The Stories of English

The Stories of English

By
David Crystal
David Crystal

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65 books

London Library

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Sean
Seeing
The Inner Citadel
Out of Sheer Rage: In the Shadow of D.H. Lawrence
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
The Leopard
First We Read, Then We Write
Television

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48 books

Brighton Library

WandaTinasky
Sean
The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
Out of Sheer Rage: In the Shadow of D.H. Lawrence
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
The Leopard
Constellations
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

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38 books

Language

immohika
Mohika
The Study of Language
Word Power Made Easy
The Best Punctuation Book, Period
Morphology of the Folktale
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind
The Power of Babel

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87 books

Non Fiction

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Kai
Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds
The Lone Samurai
The Science of Enlightenment
Dungeon Hacks: How NetHack, Angband, and Other Roguelikes Changed the Course of Video Games
@Play
Mastering the Game of Thrones
How to Solve it

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27 books

Linguistique

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christine
Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
The Etymologicon
Fluent in 3 Months
Woe Is I JR.
Le français au Québec : 400 ans d'histoire et de vie
The Bilingual Brain

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161 books

Linguistics

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Spiritomb
How Dead Languages Work
Forbidden Words
Grammar and Gender
Language Myths
What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

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25 books

History Of English

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Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language
Essentials of Early English: An Introduction to Old, Middle, and Early Modern English
Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
Grammar and Gender
Word origins
The Story of English in 100 Words

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37 books

English Language

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Spiritomb
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
The Fight for English: How language pundits ate, shot, and left
Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of a Pure Standard English
What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She
The Wordhord
The Mother Tongue

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23 books

Historical Linguistics

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Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language
A History of German: What the Past Reveals about Today's Language
Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
Grammar and Gender
The Story of English in 100 Words
Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling, and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation