Aug 31, 2006 ... In this book, David Crystal argues the reverse: that the Internet has encouraged a dramatic expansion in the variety and creativity of language.

Rarely has a book so packed with accurate and well researched factual information been so widely read and popularly acclaimed. This Second Edition of The ...

Jul 28, 2003 ... David Crystal's informative account of the rise of English as a global language explores the history, current status and potential of ...

"Lexicography is not just an exercise in linguistic accounting," writes preeminent English language scholar David Crystal in this exceptionally lively and ...

Mar 27, 2012 ... The world's foremost expert on the English language takes us on an entertaining and eye-opening tour of the history of our vernacular ...

"This book is not about music, cookery, or sex. But it is about how we talk about music, cookery, and sex--or, indeed, anything at all.

Sep 23, 2011 ... David Crystal's A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics has long been the standard single-volume reference for its field.

Mar 29, 2012 ... David Crystal's classic English as a Global Language considers the history, present status and future of the English language, ...

An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Language and Languages. Front Cover. David Crystal, Honorary Professor of Linguistics David Crystal. Blackwell ...

David Crystal. Edition, illustrated, reprint. Publisher, Penguin Books, 1988. Original from, the University of Michigan. Digitized, Feb 29, 2008. ISBN ...