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

By:

Crystal, David, 1941- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London Macmillan, 2015Description: 224 pages : map ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781447282808 (hardcover)
1447282809

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

420.3 23

LOC classification:

PE1712

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	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Meaford Public Library Non-Fiction	Non-fiction	420 .3 Cryst (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		14914

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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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