A living and breathing King Richard III who can speak his own words is being unveiled. Using state-of-the-art technology, an avatar of the medieval king's head...
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Growing up in a bilingual community in North Wales triggered my curiosity about languages, reinforced by learning some Latin to serve mass,...
84 months ago

Texting has not been the disaster for language many feared, argues linguistics professor David Crystal. On the contrary, it improves children's writing and...
196 months ago

David Crystal is fascinating, fastidious and full of knowledge on the subject of English spelling – though a little hard on Dr Seuss.
147 months ago

David Crystal explains how Shakespeare really spoke, and how 'Original Pronunciation' can help us better understand his plays.
102 months ago

For more than 30 years, David Crystal has been producing books, articles, radio and TV programmes and interviews by the gallon-load, and 2010 yielded a bumper...
167 months ago

Is a full stop really worth four commas? And should everybody avoid the semi-colon? This book from the popular linguist David Crystal will amuse and instruct.
110 months ago

Language guru David Crystal tells John Crace that txt spk is responsible for neither bad spelling nor moral decay.
194 months ago

The linguist David Crystal, whose latest book encourages children to engage with the possibilities of their lingua franca.
176 months ago

Professor David Crystal is one the world's foremost linguistic experts. His latest book, The Fight for English (published by OUP) assesses the debate over...
218 months ago