"Die Cambridge Enzyklopädie der Sprache" von David Crystal ist ein umfassendes Nachschlagewerk, das die vielfältigen Aspekte der menschlichen Sprache untersucht. Das Buch deckt eine breite Palette von Themen ab, darunter die Struktur und...

Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it...

The Disappearing Dictionary: A Treasury of Lost English Dialect Words

This volume is one in a series of monographs being issued under the general title of "Disorders of Human Communication". Each monograph deals in detail with a particular aspect of vocal communication and its disorders, and is written by...