Sounds appealing: the passionate story of English pronunciation

Pronunciation is integral to communication, and is tailored to meet the demands of the two main forces behind language: intelligibility and identity.

Equipping his readers with knowledge of phonetics, linguistics and physiology - with examples ranging from Eliza Doolittle to Winston Churchill - David Crystal explores the origins of regional accents, how they are influenced by class and education, and how their peculiarities have changed over time.