All David Crystal Quotes
- 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
- Likewise, there is no evidence that texting teaches people to spell badly: rather, research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to… Badly
- It hasn't been a problem with Ben, I think we worked together very well, we don't have rows. Been