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  • El pequeño libro del lenguaje

    de David Crystal ...
    Traducido por Luis Carlos Fuentes Ávila ...
    Series series Yale Little Histories
    Desde las primeras palabras de un niño hasta el peculiar dialecto moderno de los mensajes de texto, "El pequeño libro del lenguaje" abarca una amplia gama de temas, revelando las complejidades y peculiaridades del lenguaje. De forma animada, Crystal arroja luz sobre el desarrollo de estilos lingüísticos únicos, los orígenes de acentos oscuros y la búsqueda de la primera palabra escrita. Habla de ... Leer más

    $139 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Gift of the Gab

    How Eloquence Works

    de David Crystal ...
    A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable powerWe all know eloquence when we hear it. But what exactly is it? And how might we gain more of it for ourselves? This entertaining and, yes, eloquent book illuminates the power of language from a linguistic point of view and provides fascinating insights into the way we use words. ... Leer más

    $193 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • You Say Potato

    A Book About Accents

    Some people say scohn, while others say schown.He says bath, while she says bahth.You say potayto. I say potahtoAnd--wait a second, no one says potahto. No one's ever said potahto.Have they?From reconstructing Shakespeare's accent to the rise and fall of Received Pronunciation, actor Ben Crystal and his linguist father David travel the world in search of the stor... ... Leer más

    $197 MXN

  • How Language Works

    de David Crystal ...
    In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we ... Leer más

    $216 MXN

  • The English Language

    A Guided Tour of the Language

    de David Crystal ...
    This is the definitive survey of the English language - in all its forms. Crystal writes accessibly about the structure of the language, the uses of English throughout the world and finally he gives a brief history of English. The book has been fully revised and there is a fascinating new chapter on 'The effect of technology' on the English language. 'Illuminating guided tour of our common ... Leer más

    $197 MXN

  • The Story of English in 100 Words

    In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century ('roe', in case you are wondering). Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and ... Leer más

    $196 MXN

  • Ένα μικρό βιβλίο για τη γλώσσα

    Σε έναν κόσμο όπου κάθε δύο εβδομάδες εξαφανίζεται μία γλώσσα και καθημερινά εμφανίζονται νεολογισμοί, η κατανόηση της προέλευσης και της τρέχουσας αξίας της γλώσσας δεν είχε ποτέ άλλοτε τόσο μεγάλη σημασία. Σε αυτό το εύληπτο και απολαυστικό βιβλίο ο Ντέιβιντ Κρύσταλ αποδεικνύει ότι η ιστορία της γλώσσας πρέπει να ξαναειπωθεί. Όλα όσα πρέπει να γνωρίζει κανείς για το φαινόμενο της ανθρώπινης ... Leer más

    $219 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Trails of Thought

    A Collection of Poems

    The title of this book, Trails of Thought, was selected to indicate the similarity between the experiences of a hiker and those of a thinker. As my thoughts navigate through the thickets of biases, assumptions, preconceptions, traditions and customs, faith and doubt, love and hate, compassion and callousness, they often paint pictures in the form of words the outcome of which can be quite ... Leer más

    $18 MXN

  • The Stories of English

    de David Crystal ...
    When and why did 'thou' disappear from Standard English? Would a Victorian Cockney have said 'observation' or 'hobservation'? Was Jane Austen making a mistake when she wrote 'Jenny and James are walked to Charmonth this afternoon'?This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English ... Leer más

    $247 MXN

  • Spell It Out

    The singular story of English spelling

    de David Crystal ...
    Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their foreign ears, and it stuck. Seventy-five per cent of English spelling is regular but twenty-five per cent is complicated, and in Spell It Out our ... Leer más

    $206 MXN

  • Jesus - The Lily of the Valley

    A Collection of Poems

    This book Jesus - The Lily of the Valley, is all about Jesus Christ. The flower - The Lily of the Valley is used to represent Jesus' impeccable character, unblemished by sin, and His unwavering commitment to righteousness. He is the embodiment of purity and meekness - humbling Himself to the point of death on the cross. His life and teachings exemplify the values of selflessness and sacrifice. He ... Leer más

    $20 MXN

  • Crystal’s Curiosity Cabinet

    An English Language Miscellany

    de David Crystal ...
    What do a comic alphabet, a glorious lipogram and a wellerism have in common?Or, an audit of accountants, an illusion of magicians, and an intrusion of spammers?And do you know how Shakespeare pronounced his name?Quirky, original, amusing and enlightening, this charming English Language Miscellany from David Crystal, one of the greatest British linguists of our time, offers fascinating ... Leer más

    $233 MXN