David Crystal: The Story of Be

Cover: 9780198791096 | The Story of Be | A Verb's-Eye View of the English Language | Crystal

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Beschreibung

It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: 'to be'. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals be's multiple incarnations, David Crystal takes us to the heart of our flexible and changing language, with the help of wonderfully entertaining examples and cartoons.

Über den Autor

David Crystal is known throughout the world as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster on language. He has published extensively on the history and development of English, including The Stories of English (2004), Evolving English (2010), Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language (2010), The Story of English in 100 Words (2011), Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling (2012), Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourist's Guide to Britain (with Hilary Crystal, 2013), and The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation (2016).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue: In the beginning

1: To be or not to be

2: Time being

3: Being, as was

4: Have you been?

5: I am to resign

6: Has the doctor been?

7: How are you?

8: I've been with someone

9: Two and two is four

10: I might be being obsessive, but...

11: My kids are all grown up

12: Wannabes and has-beens

13: That is to say

14: You're cheeky, you are

15: Been and done it

16: Business is business

17: So be it

18: I live in Wales, innit?

19: So I was, like, wow

20: Woe is me

21: All shall be well

22: How old are you?

23: Is you is or is you ain't?

24: Oh no he isn't

25: Lane closed ahead

26: It's just a book, after all

Appendix: Old English pronunciations

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780198791096
ISBN-10:	0198791097
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Crystal, David
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße:	203 x 134 x 20 mm
Von/Mit:	David Crystal
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.05.2017
Gewicht:	0,319 kg

Artikel-ID: 108472164

Über den Autor

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue: In the beginning

1: To be or not to be

2: Time being

3: Being, as was

4: Have you been?

5: I am to resign

6: Has the doctor been?

7: How are you?

8: I've been with someone

9: Two and two is four

10: I might be being obsessive, but...

11: My kids are all grown up

12: Wannabes and has-beens

13: That is to say

14: You're cheeky, you are

15: Been and done it

16: Business is business

17: So be it

18: I live in Wales, innit?

19: So I was, like, wow

20: Woe is me

21: All shall be well

22: How old are you?

23: Is you is or is you ain't?

24: Oh no he isn't

25: Lane closed ahead

26: It's just a book, after all

Appendix: Old English pronunciations

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780198791096
ISBN-10:	0198791097
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Crystal, David
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße:	203 x 134 x 20 mm
Von/Mit:	David Crystal
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.05.2017
Gewicht:	0,319 kg