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Also by David Crystal:

A Little Book of Language, June 2010
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Walking English, October 2009
Paperback
Txtng, September 2008
Hardcover

WALKING ENGLISH
By: David Crystal

A Journey in Search of Language

Overlook
October 2009
On Sale: September 29, 2009
336 pages
ISBN: 1590202635
EAN: 9781590202630
Paperback
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Non-Fiction

A fascinating and insightful romp through the language we speak every day, by the linguistic expert who “succeeds again and again with clarity, wit and enthusiasm” (New York Times)

In this discursive jaunt through the groves and thickets of the English language, David Crystal creates a mesmerizing and entertaining narrative account of his encounters with the language and its speakers. Woven from personal reflections, historical allusions, and observations of travelers, this fascinating journey through the language we use every day will have readers thinking twice about each word they speak.

Starting in Wales and moving from England to San Francisco by way of, yes, Poland, Crystal encounters numerous linguistic side roads that he cannot resist exploring, from pubs to trains to Tolkien. Walking English captures the seductive, quirky, teasing, tantalizing nature of the language itself—a Bill Bryson-esque exploration of language by our foremost expert on the subject.

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Talk of the Nation - September 29, 2009