The stories of English (Record no. 44876)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01343nam a22001937a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780141015934 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0141015934 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 427 |
| Item number | CRY |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Crystal, David |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The stories of English |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London : |
| Name of publisher | Penguin, |
| Year of publication | 2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | vi, 584 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction --<br/>The standard story --<br/>The real story --<br/>The origins of Old English --<br/>The Old English dialects --<br/>Early lexical diversity --<br/>Stylistic variation in Old English --<br/>The transition to Middle English --<br/>A trilingual nation --<br/>Lexical invasions --<br/>Evolving variation --<br/>A dialect age --The emerging standard --<br/>Printing and its consequences --<br/>Early modern English preoccupations --<br/>Linguistic daring --<br/>Dialect fallout --<br/>Stabilizing disorder --<br/>Standard rules --<br/>New horizons --<br/>Lingusitic life goes on --<br/>And dialect life goes on --<br/>Times a-changin'. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Crystal offers the reader with not only the authoritative history of standard English, but also narrates the stories of the dialects of English, showing how they influenced the development of standard English. Numerous panels describe word histories and look in detail at specific idiosyncracies |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | English language -- History |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | English language. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | English Stories |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Lending Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Stacks | 26/10/2021 | Purchase | 1787.30 | 427 CRY | 016108 | Lending Books |