All David Crystal Quotes
- Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into people's minds -… Arguing
- I believe that any form of writing exercise is good for you. I also believe that any form of tuition which helps develop your awareness… Any
- Several of us linguists at that time would record our own kids, just to get some data. There was some literature on it then, but… All
- The internet is an amazing medium for languages, Amazing
- Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly. Changes
- At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects. Any
- Text messaging is just the most recent focus of people's anxiety; what people are really worried about is a new generation gaining control of what… Anxiety
- Research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to be the most literate and the best spellers, because you have to know… Best
- 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 be… Major
- As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear. Dad
- A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread. All
- Academics don't normally manage to alter people's way of thinking through their strength of argument. Academics
- Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood. Breaking
- Anyone interested in language ends up writing about the sociological issues around it. Anyone
- Sending a message on a mobile phone is not the most natural of ways to communicate. The keypad isn't linguistically sensible. Communicate
- Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices. Choices
- Texting has added a new dimension to language use, but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster. Added
- Vocabulary is a matter of word-building as well as word-using. Building
- You don't talk to a linguist without having what you say taken down and used in evidence against you at some point in time. Down
- English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes, the Vikings and… All
- Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an… Apart
- Word books traditionally focus on unusual and quirky items. They tend to ignore the words that provide the skeleton of the language, without which it… Apart
- Grammar is what gives sense to language .... sentences make words yield up their meaning. Sentences actively create sense in language. And the business of… Actively
- The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint… English
- At the same time we overlap, because, I do linguistics, and Ben did a first degree in Linguistics at Lancaster University, so he knows some… Ben