The Crystal, David 1941- creator text globe bibliography enk Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] New York Cambridge University Press 1987 monographic eng

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vii, 472 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. Machine derived contents note: 1 Popular ideas about language; 2 Language and identity; 3 The structure of language; 4 The medium of language: speaking and listening; 5 The medium of language: reading and writing; 6 The medium of language: signing and seeing; 7 Child language acquisition; 8 Language, brain and handicap; 9 The languages of the world; 10 Language in the world; 11 Language and communication -- Appendices -- 1 Glossary; 2 Special symbols and abbreviations used in The Encyclopedia of Language; 3 Table of the world's languages; 4 Further reading; 5 References; 6 Index of langauges, families, dialects and scripts; 7 Index of authors and personalities; 8 Index of topics. David Crystal. Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. 448-452. Language and languages Dictionaries Linguistics Dictionaries Language P29 .C64 1987 P29 .C64 1987 403 CRC 1987 0521264383 0521424437 (pbk.) 86032637 LC 861202 20181210062858.0 eng