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The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language / David Crystal.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003Edition: Second editionDescription: 499 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 052182348X
  • 9780521823487
  • 0521530334
  • 9780521530330
Other title:
  • Cambridge encyclopaedia of the English language
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420 21
Contents:
Modelling English -- The origins of English -- Old English -- Middle English -- Early modern English -- Modern English -- World English -- The nature of the lexicon -- The sources of the lexicon -- Etymology -- The structure of the lexicon -- Lexical dimensions -- Grammatical mythology -- The structure of words -- Word classes -- The structure of sentences -- The sound system -- The writing system -- Varieties of discourse -- Regional variation -- Social variation -- Personal variation -- Electronic variation -- Learning English as a mother tongue -- New ways of studying English.
Review: "The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language has played a key role in the spread of general interest in language matters, generating further publications and broadcasting events for an avid audience. Its First Edition appeared in hardback in 1995 and a revised paperback in 1997. There have been numerous subsequent updated reprintings; but this Second Edition now presents an overhaul of the subject for a new generation of language-lovers and of teachers, students and professional English-users concerned with their own linguistic legacy."--BOOK JACKET.
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Previous ed.: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Modelling English -- The origins of English -- Old English -- Middle English -- Early modern English -- Modern English -- World English -- The nature of the lexicon -- The sources of the lexicon -- Etymology -- The structure of the lexicon -- Lexical dimensions -- Grammatical mythology -- The structure of words -- Word classes -- The structure of sentences -- The sound system -- The writing system -- Varieties of discourse -- Regional variation -- Social variation -- Personal variation -- Electronic variation -- Learning English as a mother tongue -- New ways of studying English.

"The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language has played a key role in the spread of general interest in language matters, generating further publications and broadcasting events for an avid audience. Its First Edition appeared in hardback in 1995 and a revised paperback in 1997. There have been numerous subsequent updated reprintings; but this Second Edition now presents an overhaul of the subject for a new generation of language-lovers and of teachers, students and professional English-users concerned with their own linguistic legacy."--BOOK JACKET.

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