How long does it take to read How English Works?
a linguistic introduction
Anne Curzan, Michael Adams
How English Works by Anne Curzan, Michael Adams takes about 10 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 17 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2005. 561 pages, about 154,275 words. Written for children.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 26 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A major introductory language/linguistics textbook written specifically for English and Education majors, How English Works is an engaging introduction to the structure of English, general theories in linguistics, and important issues in sociolinguistics. This accessible text provides more extensive coverage of issues of particular interest to English and Education majors. Tapping into our natural curiosity about language, it invites all students to connect academic linguistics to everyday use of the English language and to become active participants in the construction of linguistic knowledge. The second edition provides updated examples of current language change, including new slang, as well as new research findings on American dialects, language acquisition, language evolution, eggcorns, English and the Internet, and much more. -- Back cover.
Subjects: Grammar
