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• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThis new, thoroughly revised edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language incorporates...

• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: Yale University Press • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - EtymologyA lively journey through the story of language, from an infant's first word to the languages of the internet ...

• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Study & TeachingDid you know that the English language has over 150 words for the adjective 'drunk' developed over...

• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Linguistics - SemanticsSteven Pinker meets Bill Bryson in this landmark exploration of language. In the author's own words, "...

• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: Bodleian Library • Publisher Imprint: Bodleian Library • BISAC: Linguistics - Historical & ComparativeA collection of 366 facts about language to enliven each day of the year. In this ingenious and div...

• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: English as a Second LanguageThe Internet is now an integral part of contemporary life, and linguists are increasingly studying its influence on l...

• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - Historical & ComparativeThe rapid endangerment and death of many minority languages across the world is ...

• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Profile Books LtdIn this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, the foremost expert on linguistics David Crystal draws on the 100 words that best ...

• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Study & TeachingIn this text, David Crystal examines why we devote so much time and energy to language games, how pr...

• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: Penguin Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralThis is the definitive survey of the English language--in all its forms. Crystal writes accessibly about the structure of the l...