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• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • BISAC: Audiology & Speech PathologyProfiling has been acknowledged as a major contribution to the treatment of language disorder. First developed with reference to gra...

• 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: 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: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: English as a Second LanguageDavid Crystal provides concise, accessible answers to fifty questions about English language u...

• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: ShakespeareThe Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary is the first of its kind, a brand new illustrated alphabetica...

• 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: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Linguistics - SociolinguisticsIt's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: to be. Yet it is jam-packed wit...

• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralNow in its third edition, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language provides the most compre...

• Author(s): David Crystal • Publisher: Yale University Press • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press • BISAC: Communication StudiesA many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable...