The Stories of English
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 (Standard English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today.
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Издательство:
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Penguin Books
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Год издания:
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2005
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Язык текста:
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английский
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Тип обложки:
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Мягкая обложка
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Формат:
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128x198 mm
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Размеры в мм (ДхШхВ):
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198x128x19
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Вес:
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410 гр.
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Страниц:
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584
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Код товара:
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50041877
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Артикул:
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11073738
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ISBN:
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9780141015934
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В продаже с:
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04.06.2021
Аннотация к книге "The Stories of English" Crystal D.: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 (Standard English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today.
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