Sounds Appealing
The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation
It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it ... There have long been debates about 'correct' pronunciation in the English language, and Britain's most distinguished linguistic expert, David Crystal, is here to set the record straight. Sounds Appealing tells us exactly why, and how, we pronounce words as we do.Pronunciation is integral to communication, and is tailored to meet the demands of the two main forces behind language: intelligibility and identity. Equipping his readers with knowledge of phonetics, linguistics and physiology - with examples ranging from Eliza Doolittle to Winston Churchill - David Crystal explores the origins…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78125-609-1
- EAN: 9781781256091
- Produktnummer: 23780226
- Verlag: Profile Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Masse: H20.6 cm x B13.9 cm x D2.8 cm 419 g
- Abbildungen: c. 15 b/w line and half-tone in text
- Gewicht: 419
Über den Autor
David Crystal is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. His many books range from clinical linguistics to the liturgy and Shakespeare. He is the author of The Story of English in 100 Words, Spell It Out: The Singular History of English Spelling, and Making a Point: The Pernickety History of English Punctuation, all published by Profile. His Stories of English is a Penguin Classic. Find him on Twitter @davcrwww.davidcrystal.com
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