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    The Cambridge encyclopedia of language / David Crystal.

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    • Title:The Cambridge encyclopedia of language / David Crystal.
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    • Author/Creator:Crystal, David, 1941-
    • Published/Created:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Language and languages--Dictionaries.
      Linguistics--Dictionaries.
    • Edition:3rd ed.
    • Description:516 p. : ill. (col.) ; 29 cm.
    • Summary:"This new, thoroughly revised edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language incorporates the major developments in language study which have taken place since the mid-1990s. Two main new areas have been added: the rise of electronic communication in all its current forms, from email to tweeting, and the crisis affecting the world's languages, of which half are thought to be so seriously endangered that they will the out this century." "Praise for the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language" ".̀..magnificently demonstrates Professor Crystal's outstanding breadth of knowledge, incisiveness of judgment and superb skills at getting to the heart of highly complex issues in a clear and straightforward manner'.---Randolph Quirk, FBA" ".̀.. David Crystal has a great facility for explaining language issues with plain good sense, wit and admirable brevity'.---The Times Educational Supplement" "Ìnvestigates every conceivable corner of the world of language'.---The Christian Science Monitor'...remarkably accessible ... the writing is plain and non-technical ...' Toronto Globe and Mail"--BOOK JACKET.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 4841-493) and indexes.
    • ISBN:9780521516983
      0521516986
      9780521736503 (pbk.)
      0521736501 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Preface to the first edition
      Preface to second edition
      Preface to 3rd edition
      I. Popular ideas about language
      1. The prescriptive tradition
      2. The equality of languages
      3. The magic of language
      4. The functions of language
      5. Language and thought
      II. Language and identity
      6. Physical identity
      7. Psychological identity
      8. Geographical identity
      9. Ethnic and national identity
      10. Social identity
      11 Contextual identity
      12. Stylistic identity and literature
      III. The structure of language
      13. Linguistic levels
      14. Typology and universals
      15. The statistical structure of language
      16. Grammar
      17. Semantics
      18. Dictionaries
      19. Names
      20. Discourse and text
      21. Pragmatics
      IV. The medium of language : speaking and listening
      22. The anatomy and physiology of speech
      23. The acoustics of speech
      24. The instrumental analysis of speech
      25. Speech reception
      26. Speech interaction with machines
      27. The sounds of speech
      28. The linguistic use of sound
      29. Suprasegmentals
      30. Sound symbolism
      V. The medium of language : writing and reading
      31. Written and spoken language
      32. Graphic expression
      33. Graphology
      34. The process of reading and writing
      VI. The medium of language : signing and seeing
      35. Sign language
      36. Sign language structure
      37. Types of sign language
      VII. Child language acquisition
      38. Investigating children's language
      39. The first year
      40. Phonological development
      41. Grammatical development
      42. Semantic development
      43. Pragmatic development
      44. Language development in school
      VIII. Language, brain, and disability
      45. Language and the brain
      46. Language disability
      IX. The languages of the world
      47. How many languages?
      48. How many speakers?
      49. The origins of language
      50. Families of language
      51. The Indo-European family
      52. Other families
      53. Language isolates
      54. Language change
      55. Pidgins and creoles
      X. Language in the world
      56. The language barrier
      57. Translating and interpreting
      58. Artificial languages
      59. World languages
      60. Multilingualism
      61. Language planning
      62. Foreign language teaching and learning
      63. Language for special purposes
      XI. Language and communication
      64. Language and other communication systems
      65. Linguistics
      Appendices
      I. Glossary
      II. Special symbols and abbreviations
      III. Table of the world's languages
      IV. Further reading
      V. References
      VI. Index of languages, families, dialects, and scripts
      VII. Index of authors and personalities
      VIII. Index of topics
      Acknowledgements.
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