From an acclaimed linguist, â part travelogue, part memoir, and part meditation on the intellectual and emotional underpinnings of language. . . . Priceless.â (Booklist) In this discursive jaunt through the groves and thickets of the English language, David Crystal creates an 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 is a captivating exploration of language by âone of Englandâs greatest living language commentators.â (The New Statesman) âIn a conversational style that includes plenty of quirky facts, Crystal captures the exploratory, seductive, teasing, quirky, tantalizing nature of language study, and in doing so illuminates the fascinating world of words in which we live.â âPublishers Weekly âAn informative, transformative trip into the mysterious, mutating, magical thicket of English.â (Kirkus Reviews) âLike passing the afternoon with a knowledgeable uncle.â âThe Wall Street Journal âThe Dr. Johnson of our age.â âThe Sunday Herald âThe book reads like a donnish Bill Bryson, a Bryson possessed with a maniacal passion for the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language! . . . [A] compelling guide.â âIndependent âCrystal proves an entertaining companion! It is pleasant to ramble with him along the byways of language.â âThe Tablet
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