The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
3rd Edition
Published on 6. December 2018
978-1-108-53472-7 (ISBN)
Description
Now in its third edition, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language provides the most comprehensive coverage of the history, structure and worldwide use of English. Fully updated and expanded, with a fresh redesigned layout, and over sixty audio resources to bring language extracts to life, it covers all aspects of the English language including the history of English, with new pages on Shakespeare's vocabulary and pronunciation, updated statistics on global English use that now cover all countries and the future of English in a post-Brexit Europe, regional and social variations, with fresh insights into the growing cultural identities of 'new Englishes', English in everyday use with new sections on gender identities, forensic studies, and 'big data' in corpus linguistics, and digital developments, including the emergence of new online varieties in social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp. Packed with brand new colour illustrations, photographs, maps, tables and graphs, this new edition is an essential tool for a new generation of twenty-first-century English language enthusiasts.
Reviews / Votes
'David Crystal's Encyclopedia of the English Language is a wonderfully thorough and engaging treatment of what can be a very dry subject. It's graphically exciting and dependably authoritative throughout the vast range of linguistic subject areas.' Franklin Hedberg, Lawrenceville SchoolMore details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
File size
327,82 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-53472-7 (9781108534727)
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
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11/2018
3rd Edition
Cambridge University Press
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Person
David Crystal is one of the world's foremost authorities on language, having published extensively over the past fifty years on his research work in English language studies. In addition to The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language he has authored the hugely successful Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (1987, Second Edition 1997, Third Edition 2010) English as a Global Language (1997; Second Edition 2003) and Language and the Internet (2001, Second Edition 2006) among countless other books. An internationally renowned writer, editor, lecturer and broadcaster, he received an OBE in 1995 for his services to the study and teaching of the English language. He is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor and was made a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2000. David lives in Holyhead, Wales where he is the director of the Ucheldre Centre, a multi-purpose arts and exhibition centre.
Content
1. Modelling English; Part I. The History of English: 2. The origins of English; 3. Old English; 4. Middle English; 5. Early modern English; 6. Modern English; 7. World English; Part II. English Vocabulary: 8. The nature of the lexicon; 9. The sources of the lexicon; 10. Etymology; 11. The structure of the lexicon; 12. Lexical dimensions; Part III. English Grammar: 13. Grammatical mythology; 14. The structure of words; 15. Word classes; 16. The structure of sentences; Part IV. Spoken and Written English: 17. The sound system; 18. The writing system. Part V. Using English: 19. Varieties of discourse; 20. Regional variation; 21. Social variation; 22. Personal variation; 23. Electronic variation; Part VI. Learning About English: 24. Learning English as a mother tongue; 25. New ways of studying English.
