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By Hook or by Crook: A Journey in Search of English (Hardback)
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Short Description for By Hook or by CrookIn this delightful excursion through the English language, Crystal combines personal reflections, historical allusions, and a traveler's observations to create a mesmerizing and entertaining narrative account with the language and its speakers.
Full description- Publisher: Overlook Press
- Published: 01 May 2008
- Format: Hardback 314 pages
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- Categories: Linguistics
- ISBN 13: 9781590200612 ISBN 10: 1590200616
- Sales rank: 630,603
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Full description for By Hook or by Crook
A follow-up to How Language Works combines personal reflections, historical allusions, and traveler's observations about the author's encounters with language and its users throughout the English-speaking world.

