At the same time we overlap, because, I do linguistics, and Ben did a first degree in Linguistics at Lancaster University, so… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
Bilingualism lets you have your cake and eat it. The new language opens the doors to the best jobs in society; the… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
“People sometimes say: 'A picture is worth a thousand words.' That's true. But language is never far away. To talk about the… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
Language changes and moves in a different direction evolving all the time. Where a lot of people see deterioration, I see expressive… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
Online, you show how brilliant you are by manipulating the language of the Internet. — David Crystal Copy Share Image
Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to find even one or two criteria that you will find in every Internet situation, and the reason is… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
It doesn't take a language long to disappear once the spirit to continue with it leaves its community. In fact, the speed… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
English does have a larger vocabulary than other languages because of its history as the primary language of science and its global… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
Research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to be the most literate and the best spellers, because you… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
“The chief characteristic of English grammar is the way words are arranged within sentences, and the technical term for this process is… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
“The story of the English writing system is so intriguing, and the histories behind individual words so fascinating, that anyone who dares… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
When we look at the specific effect of the Internet on language, languages asking the question, 'Has English become a different language… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
What turns teenagers on more than the Internet these days? If you can get a language out there, the youngsters are much… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread. — David Crystal Copy Share Image
Word books traditionally focus on unusual and quirky items. They tend to ignore the words that provide the skeleton of the language,… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes,… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
I believe that any form of writing exercise is good for you. I also believe that any form of tuition which helps… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
Grammar is what gives sense to language .... sentences make words yield up their meaning. Sentences actively create sense in language. And… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
I don't have any particular desire to see words making a comeback. They are of their era, after all, and that is their identity… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
In effect we are, bending and breaking the rules of the language. And if someone were to ask why we do it, the answer… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
There's an old little jingle: 'The chief use of slang is to show that you're one of the gang.' What that means is that… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
The death of a language. The word has the same kind of reluctant resonance as it has when we talk about the death of… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
One of the places the full stop is really being revised in a really fundamental way is on the Internet. You look at the… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly. — David Crystal Copy Share Image
We are rearing a generation of kids who are more equitable and more understanding about the existence of language variety and why it is… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
Sending a message on a mobile phone is not the most natural of ways to communicate. The keypad isn't linguistically sensible. — David Crystal Copy Share Image
It took three years to put Shakespeare's words together, there were a lot of words to be studied and a lot of words to… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
Likewise, there is no evidence that texting teaches people to spell badly: rather, research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
“Here are three elements we often see in town names: If a town ends in “-by”, it was originally a farmstead or a small… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
There's nothing unusual about a single language dying. But what's going on today is extraordinary when we compare the situation to what has happened… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
