The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language

This book is beneficial for any Linguistic student. I brought it 2nd hand for £5- It looked brand new.

People who are interested in language or linguistics would definitely love this book. David Crystal explains a number of features of language very nicely in this book. Language is like people, it lives, it changes and it dies. Amazing fact is that all the language are different, yet they are alos similar in some sort of way and those could be explored through this book. In present days, interenet is playing a major role on the language change and that has also been discussed by the author. The book is easy to read and has lots of illustrations to accompany the discussion. Just like any other encyclopedia, this book is also large in size and heavy. So those who want to read it on their journy by train or by bus, would not find it comfortable. However the book is so interesting that it worth to allocate time just to be with the book and read it properly by sitting on a desk and a chair.

I bought this for my grandson as a present....he is hoping to study Linguistics at Uni and I feel surevhevwill find this book extremely interesting and beneficial to his studies.

This book is a true classic and a joy to read. There simply is no better single-volume introduction to linguistics. The chapters are short and topic-focussed and the illustrations are superb. All-in-all there's nothing not to like. Anyone interested in languages should read this book.

Great book. Really enjoying the detail

You cannot go wrong with this book if you're interested in linguistics or studying linguistics, I recommend purchasing this with Crystals 'A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics'. Overall a comprehensive and well-written book.

This is a serious book, invaluable for those interested in languages. May take a lifetime to read all of it.

Gift for daughter studying linguistics

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (英語) ペーパーバック – 2003/8/4 David Crystal (著) の新装版として記載されていたので購入してみたのだが、どうも内容が異なるようでこちらは言語関連主体の内容でした。 英語自体の百科事典を探していたので買い直しする必要が出てきました。 よく吟味してなかったのも悪いのですが、ちゃんとこちらのも中見せをしておいてほしかったです。 まあ、この本自体は興味深い内容では有ったのでこのままパラパラとページをめくりながら楽しんで読んでます。

This book is truly amazing and worth every penny. The scope is enormous, and yet the reader never feels either overwhelmed or deprived of information on the topic no matter how deep Crystal goes. The graphics and inserts help to make the enormous amount of sheer knowledge and information it contains more digestible. A must-own for students and teachers of language and literature, and highly recommended for anyone interested in anything and everything related to language. A fascinating, beautiful book with amazing, full-color graphics, photos, charts, maps and more in addition to the engaging and very readable prose that underpins the work. The only reason I didn't give five stars is because I purchased a new paperback copy and the one I received seems lightly used. The gloss on the jacket is dull and smudged in some places, the top rear corner is dog-eared, the bottom edge pressed and creased in places, with a noticeable crease and wrinkling on the rear jacket in a place that suggests it has been perused more than once. Shipping was very fast and the price is more than worth the product. All in all, I would happily buy this same book again and am satisfied with the product. Not only is it a great addition to my library that I will always cherish, but one that I will surely read from cover-to-cover and refer to again and again in my teaching practice and ongoing learning.

Na minha humilde opinião, o melhor livro sobre linguística que tive a oportunidade de ler em minha vida. Bem completo e engloba todos os campos da linguística. Valeu cada centavo.

Es ist unglaublich, wieviel an Information in gut verständlicher Form der Autor in dieses Buch gepackt hat. Ist für den interessierten Laien ebenso geeignet wie für den Spezialisten. Sogar in Zeiten, in denen man denkt, dass alle Information über das Internet verfügbar ist, ist dieses Buch eine gute Investition. So kompakt und kompetent wird man sonst nirgends über alle Aspekte menschlicher Sprache informiert.

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