The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language |
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David Crystal
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Pages: 506 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0521530334
Pub: Cambridge University Press
Pub date: 2003-08-04
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1085
Reader Reviews:
Essential reading for any student of literacy or English (0/0 people found this helpful)
This book was essential reading for me during my literacy specialist tutor training, and two years later it is still in regular use. If you want to check your use of grammar, wonder what word is used for truanting in South Wales, or are puzzled as to what a morpheme is, the answers are here. It never let me down when I wanted to check something. Not the cheapest or most portable book there is, but definitely the best.
Essential (13/13 people found this helpful)
This book is essential for anyone studying language or linguistics at degree level. Crystal is the man when it comes to this subject and I'm sure this book and many more of his will be assisting me with the MA in Linguistics that I plan to pursue. It is books like this that have fed my enthusiasm for the English language and encouraged further study!
A bible (7/7 people found this helpful)
Superb! Must have for anybody interested in or studying English language, it is fascinating and has been my bible throughout my Alevel and now in to my degree. Really worth the money. David Crystal is an inspiration to Language users and students.
EXCELLENT but where to start? (58/65 people found this helpful)
A: At anypoint of interest .As a student of Linguistics and the English language at the University of Wales, Bangor, this is an invaluble book. As an introduction to the English language you'll find you can't put it down. Facts you never knew before from the history of the English language to English as a global language. For general reading, you'll discover a facinating insight to the language that we use every day without much consideration. Easy to pick up, impossible to put down.
A valuable tool for any student of the english language (22/26 people found this helpful)
Crystal's encyclopedia is well referenced and gives a good introduction - often more - into a wide range of issues relating to the development and use of language. An easily accessible and fascinating reference work.
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