The disappearing dictionary : a treasury of lost English dialect words / David Crystal.

By:

Crystal, David, 1941- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1509801766
9781509801763

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Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

427 23

Summary: Wherever you go in the English-speaking world, there are linguistic riches from times past awaiting rediscovery. All you have to do is choose a location, find some old documents, and dig a little. In this book, linguistics expert Professor David Crystal collects together delightful dialect words that either provide an insight into an older way of life, or simply have an irresistible phonetic appeal. Like a mirror image of 'The Meaning of Liff' that just happens to be true, this book unearths some lovely old gems of the English language, dusts them down and makes them live again for a new generation.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	427 CRY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A566766B

Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2015.

Includes index.

Wherever you go in the English-speaking world, there are linguistic riches from times past awaiting rediscovery. All you have to do is choose a location, find some old documents, and dig a little. In this book, linguistics expert Professor David Crystal collects together delightful dialect words that either provide an insight into an older way of life, or simply have an irresistible phonetic appeal. Like a mirror image of 'The Meaning of Liff' that just happens to be true, this book unearths some lovely old gems of the English language, dusts them down and makes them live again for a new generation.

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