EAN: 9781781256107

SOUNDS APPEALING - DAVID CRYSTAL TASCHENBUCH

It's not what you say  it's the way that you say it ...There have long been debates about
'correct' pronunciation in the English language  and Britain's most distinguished linguistic
expert  David Crystal  is here to set the record straight. Sounds Appealing tells us exactly
why  and how  we pronounce words as we do.Pronunciation is integral to communication  and is
tailored to meet the demands of the two main forces behind language: intelligibility and
identity. Covering phonetics  linguistics and physiology  and with wide-ranging examples from
Eliza Doolittle to Winston Churchill  Crystal explores the origins of regional accents: how
they are influenced by class and education  and how their peculiarities have changed over
time.'Highly entertaining'Observer'Crystal's achievement is to make the history of our language
a live and lively study.'The Times

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