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The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language / David Crystal.
LIBRA PE1072 .C68 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crystal, David, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- English language.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 499 pages : illustrations (color) ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- Encyclopedia of the English language
- English language
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- This second edition presents an overhaul of its subject for a new generation of language-lovers.
- 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
- Learning English as a mother tongue
- New ways of studying English.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 472-479) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 052182348X
- 0521530334
- OCLC:
- 52696308
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