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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language

Paperback • 1997 • English • 2. edition

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language

By David Crystal

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About the book

This Second Edition of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language presents a mass of new information and introduces the subject of language to a fresh generation of students and general readers. Probably the most successful general study of language ever published, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language covers all the major themes of language study, including popular ideas about language, language and identity, the structure of language, speaking and listening, writing, reading, and signing, languag...Show more

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ISBN

9780521559676

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

1997

Language

English

Edition

2

Original title

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language

Format

Paperback

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