A Dictionary of Linguistics & Phonetics (Language Library) - Softcover

Crystal, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631226648 ISBN 13: 9780631226642

Publisher: Blackwell Pub, 2003

Synopsis

Completely revised and updated in its fifth edition, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics is the standard single-volume reference for its field.

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• Incorporates new words or senses that have developed in linguistics during the past 5 years, based on recommendations from a team of experts.
  
• Includes increased coverage of terms arising from recent theoretical formalizations.
  
• Contains a separate table of abbreviations and table of symbols at the end of the book.
  
• Remains the standard single-volume reference for the field of linguistics and phonetics.
  
• Fifth edition now includes more than 5,000 terms.

About this title

Book Description

Completely revised and updated in its fifth edition, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics is the standard single-volume reference for its field. The fifth edition incorporates new words or senses that have developed in linguistics recently, based on recommendations by a team of experts in phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics and sociolinguistics. The dictionary now includes more than 5,000 terms, grouped into over 3,000 entries. The layout has been modified to increase the effectiveness of cross-referencing, all abbreviations have been included in a separate list at the beginning of the book, and a table of symbols has been added.

About the Author

David Crystal is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. He is the author of several benchmark reference volumes, including The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (1995) and An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Language and Languages (Blackwell, 1992).

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0631226648
• ISBN 13: 9780631226642
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 448