Ben Crystal: You Say Potato
You Say Potato
Buch
- The Story of English Accents
- Pan MacMillan, 05/2015
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781447255468
- Bestellnummer: 6396856
- Umfang: 352 Seiten
- Auflage: Main Market edition
- Gewicht: 215 g
- Maße: 198 x 130 mm
- Stärke: 25 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 21.5.2015
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Some people say scohn, while others say schown.He says bath, while she says bahth.
You say potayto. I say potahto.
Everyone has an accent, though many of us think we don't. We all have our likes and dislikes about the way other people speak, and everyone has something to say about 'correct' pronunciation. But how did all these accents come about, and why do people feel so strongly about them? Are regional accents dying out as English becomes a global language? And most importantly of all: what went wrong in Birmingham?
Witty, authoritative and jam-packed full of fascinating facts, You Say Potato is a celebration of the myriad ways in which the English language is spoken - and how our accents, in so many ways, speak louder than words.
Biografie (David Crystal)
David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has written or edited over 1 books and published numerous articles for scholarly, professional, and general readerships, in fields ranging from forensic linguistics and ELT to the liturgy and Shakespeare. His books include the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (2nd edn 1997), the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (2nd edn 2003), Words, Words, Words (OUP 2006), and The Fight for English (OUP 2006). Ben Crystal, David Crystal
You Say Potato
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