TY - BOOK AU - Crystal,David TI - The Cambridge encyclopedia of language SN - 0521264383 AV - P29 .C64 1987 U1 - 403 PY - 1987/// CY - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Language and languages KW - Dictionaries KW - Linguistics KW - Language N1 - Includes indexes; Bibliography: p. 448-452; 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 ER -