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A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics 6th Edition.
David Crystal
© 2008 David Crystal. ISBN: 978-1-405-15296-9
THE LANGUAGE LIBRARY
Series editor
: David Crystal
The Language Library
was created in 1952 by Eric Partridge, the great etymologist
and lexicographer, who from 1966 to 1976 was assisted by his co-editor Simeon
Potter. Together they commissioned volumes on the traditional themes of language
study, with particular emphasis on the history of the English language and on
the individual linguistic styles of major English authors. In 1977 David Crystal
took over as editor, and
The Language Library
now includes titles in many
areas of linguistic enquiry.
The most recently published titles in the series include:
Ronald Carter and Walter Nash
Seeing Through Language
Florian Coulmas
The Writing Systems of the World
David Crystal
A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
, Sixth Edition
J. A. Cuddon
A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
, Fourth Edition
Viv Edwards
Multilingualism in the English-speaking World
Heidi Harley
English Words
Geoffrey Hughes
A History of English Words
Walter Nash
Jargon
Roger Shuy
Language Crimes
Gunnel Tottie
An Introduction to
American English
Ronald Wardhaugh
Investigating Language
Ronald Wardhaugh
Proper English: Myths and Misunderstandings about Language
A Dictionary of Linguistics
and Phonetics
Sixth Edition
David Crystal
© 1980, 1985, 1991, 1997, 2003, 2008 by David Crystal
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1 2008
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Crystal, David, 1941–
A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics / David Crystal. – 6th ed.
p. cm.
Revised ed. of: A dictionary of linguistics & phonetics. 5th ed. 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4051-5296-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-1-4051-5297-6
(pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Linguistics–Dictionaries. I. Crystal, David, 1941– Dictionary of linguistics
& phonetics. II. Title.
P29.C65 2007
410
.3–dc22
2007052260
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