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A lighthearted exploration of the origin, function and purpose of language addresses a wide range of topics to offer insight into what can be learned through verbal and body language, from the role of gestures and the evolution of grammar to the intricacies of different languages and the layout of the human throat.

David Crystal is the leading authority on language and the best-loved author of books including The Stories of English, Shakespeare’s Words, Language and the Internet, Language Death, and, most recently, he entered the lists with The Shakespeare Miscellany. Editor of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language and The Penguin Encyclopedia, and a professor of linguistics, he received the Order of the British Empire for his services to the English language.



David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor, and the editor ofThe Penguin Encyclopedia.