The Dictionary of Language

No ordinary dictionary, David Crystal's "Dictionary of Language" includes not only descriptions of hundreds of languages literally from A to Z (Abkhaz to Zyryan) and definitions of literary and grammatical concepts, but also explanations of terms used in linguistics, language teaching, and speech pathology. If you are wondering how many people speak Macedonian, Malay, or Makua, or if you're curious about various theories of the origins of language, or if you were always unsure of the difference between structuralism, semiotics, and sociolinguistics, this superbly authoritative dictionary will answer all of your questions and hundred of others.

ISBN	0226122034	Pages	390
ISBN13	9780226122038 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	The University of Chicago Press	Weight (grammes)	413
Imprint	University of Chicago Press	Published in	Chicago, IL
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	180
Publication date	28 May 2009	Width (mm)	135
Library of Congress	00069076	Spine width (mm)	22
DEWEY	403	Academic level	Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY edition	DC22

"The kind of dictionary you lose yourself in the moment you open it up. . . . You look up 'Isogloss' and get distracted by the fact, on the facing page, that Etruscan, Mohenjo-Daro and Japanese are isolated languages. Then you suddenly notice an entry for 'felicity conditions, ' find out what the hell that is before you go mad, then forget what you were looking for in the first place, but who cares? You can keep going for hours."--Nicholas Lezard "The Guardian "

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