David Crystal
Nació 1941
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“The story of the English writing system is so intriguing, and the histories behind individual words so fascinating, that anyone who dares to treat spelling as an adventure will find the journey rewarding.”
p. 277–8En inglés “Joke exchanges are carried on in deadly earnest, like a verbal duel-mouth-to-mouth combat. Bang, bang: you’re (linguistically) dead.”
David Crystal, Language Play, University of Chicago Press, 1998En inglés “Language may not determine the way we think, but it does influence the way we perceive and remember, and it affects the ease with which we perform mental tasks.”
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, 1987, p. 15En inglés “The structural properties of the language are many and complex, but at least they are finite and fairly easy to identify: there are only so many sounds, letters, and grammatical constructions, and although there is a huge vocabulary, at least the units are determinate and manageable.”
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, 1987, p. 286En inglés “Pragmatics studies the factors that govern our choice of language in social interaction and the effects of our choice on others.”
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, 1987, p. 120En inglés
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