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(University of Wales, Bangor)
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 524 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 276x219x36 mm, kaal: 2100 g, 100 Tables, unspecified; 20 Maps; 200 Halftones, unspecified
  • Ilmumisaeg: 03-Jun-2010
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0521736501
  • ISBN-13: 9780521736503
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 524 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 276x219x36 mm, kaal: 2100 g, 100 Tables, unspecified; 20 Maps; 200 Halftones, unspecified
  • Ilmumisaeg: 03-Jun-2010
  • Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0521736501
  • ISBN-13: 9780521736503
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Looks at the variety, history, structure, and behavior of language, and discusses language learning, foreign language teaching, and linguistics.

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 die out this century.

`... 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

`Investigates 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

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' a celebration of language in all its oddity, beauty, fun, astonishing complexity and limitless variety.' London Review of Books 'The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language is a masterpeice of comprehensiveness and clarity.' New Internationalist ' an ingenious tour de force stunningly diverse linguistic menu.' Robert Burchfield, The Times ' 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 'One of the world's foremost linguistic experts, Crystal has authored numerous tomes on the history and study of the English language, though this, with its full-colour illustrations and exhaustive index, is arguably the most comprehensive. A useful guide for anyone - from the interested layperson to the most widely read of academics.' The Independent

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This completely revised and expanded edition of Crystal's acclaimed book incorporates developments in the lively field of language study.
Preface to the first edition vi
Preface to the second edition vii
I Popular ideas about language
1(16)
1 The prescriptive tradition
2(4)
2 The equality of languages
6(2)
3 The magic of language
8(2)
4 The functions of language
10(4)
5 Language and thought
14(3)
II Language and identity
17(66)
6 Physical identity
18(4)
7 Psychological identity
22(2)
8 Geographical identity
24(10)
9 Ethnic and national identity
34(4)
10 Social identity
38(12)
11 Contextual identity
50(18)
12 Stylistic identity and literature
68(15)
III The structure of language
83(46)
13 Linguistic levels
84(2)
14 Typology and universals
86(4)
15 The statistical structure of language
90(2)
16 Grammar
92(12)
17 Semantics
104(8)
18 Dictionaries
112(4)
19 Names
116(4)
20 Discourse and text
120(4)
21 Pragmatics
124(5)
IV The medium of language: speaking and listening
129(56)
22 The anatomy and physiology of speech
130(8)
23 The acoustics of speech
138(6)
24 The instrumental analysis of speech
144(4)
25 Speech reception
148(7)
26 Speech interaction with machines
155(5)
27 The sounds of speech
160(8)
28 The linguistic use of sound
168(9)
29 Suprasegmentals
177(5)
30 Sound symbolism
182(3)
V The medium of language: writing and reading
185(144)
31 Written and spoken language
186(4)
32 Graphic expression
190(14)
33 Graphology
204(14)
34 The process of reading and writing
218(11)
VI The medium of language: signing and seeing
229(8)
35 Sign language
230(2)
36 Sign language structure
232(2)
37 Types of sign language
234(3)
VII Child language acquisition
237(30)
38 Investigating children's language
238(8)
39 The first year
246(4)
40 Phonological development
250(2)
41 Grammatical development
252(2)
42 Semantic development
254(2)
43 Pragmatic development
256(2)
44 Language development in school
258(9)
VIII Language, brain, and disability
267(26)
45 Language and the brain
268(6)
46 Language disability
274(19)
IX The languages of the world
293(58)
47 How many languages?
294(2)
48 How many speakers?
296(2)
49 The origins of language
298(4)
50 Families of languages
302(4)
51 The Indo-European family
306(8)
52 Other families
314(22)
53 Language isolates
336(2)
54 Language change
338(6)
55 Pidgins and creoles
344(7)
X Language in the world
351(68)
56 The language barrier
352(2)
57 Translating and interpreting
354(8)
58 Artificial languages
362(5)
59 World languages
367(5)
60 Multilingualism
372(4)
61 Language planning
376(12)
62 Foreign language learning and teaching
388(10)
63 Language for special purposes
398(21)
XI Language and Communication
419(20)
64 Language and other communication systems
420(8)
65 Linguistics
428(11)
Appendices
439(75)
I Glossary
440(22)
II Special symbols and abbreviations used in the encydopedia
462(3)
III Table of the world's languages
465(19)
IV Further reading
484(5)
V References
489(5)
VI Index of languages, families, dialects, and scripts
494(4)
VII Index of authors and personalities
498(3)
VIII Index of topics
501(13)
Acknowledgements 514
David Crystal is one of the world's foremost authorities on language and works as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster. He is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor and has published over 100 books. His most recent publications include: Think On My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language (2008), Language and the Internet, 2nd Edition (2006) and English as a Global Language, 2nd Edition (2003).