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Crystal, David

 
9781851246656: William Tyndale and the English Language
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ISBN 10 : 1851246657 ISBN 13 : 9781851246656
Editeur : Bodleian Library, 2026

Synopsis

'Dearly beloved', 'say the word', 'the powers that be', 'for ever and ever' - these familiar phrases and many more were set down in print for the first time by William Tyndale. For his groundbreaking English translation of the Bible, he deliberately chose to write in a way that could be understood by the widest possible audience.
In the first half of this pioneering exploration of the extraordinary impact Tyndale's writing had on the development of the English language, David Crystal provides an analysis of his prose style, demonstrating its character as a novel genre of 'written speech', and bringing to light the remarkable number of cases where Tyndale is the first recorded user of a word or phrase in English. He also draws attention to the hitherto unrecognised role of Tyndale as an early lexicographer. The second half of the book is a linguistic detective story, devising an innovative lexical and grammatical metric to investigate the often-stated claim that eighty per cent of later biblical translations display Tyndale's influence.
The result is a fascinating exploration of the work of the Father of the English Bible.

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À propos de l'auteur

David Crystal is a writer, editor, lecturer, broadcaster, and honorary professor of linguistics at Bangor University. His many books include The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, A Date with Language, and Bookish Words, the latter two also published by Bodleian Library Publishing.

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'Dearly beloved', 'say the word', 'the powers that be', 'for ever and ever' - these familiar phrases and many more were set down in print for the first time by William Tyndale. For his groundbreaking English translation of the Bible, he deliberately chose to write in a way that could be understood by the widest possible audience.
In the first half of this pioneering exploration of the extraordinary impact Tyndale's writing had on the development of the English language, David Crystal provides an analysis of his prose style, demonstrating its character as a novel genre of 'written speech', and bringing to light the remarkable number of cases where Tyndale is the first recorded user of a word or phrase in English. He also draws attention to the hitherto unrecognised role of Tyndale as an early lexicographer. The second half of the book is a linguistic detective story, devising an innovative lexical and grammatical metric to investigate the often-stated claim that eighty per cent of later biblical translations display Tyndale's influence.
The result is a fascinating exploration of the work of the Father of the English Bible.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Bodleian Library
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1851246657
ISBN 13 
9781851246656
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
248
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