books by David Crystal     books:       Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion16 reviews David Crystal, Ben Crystal Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 By Saint Charity -- What a great reference! What an awesome idea! To put into one place definitions for the hard-to-understand Elizabethan English that one runs into in Shakepeare! Whether it be "prithee" or "forsooth" or "prating mountebank," the dictionary will help give the Shakespeare novice or pro the information needed to decipher the Bard's often-complex writing. In addition, there are frequent collections of definitions that ...             The English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language1 review David Crystal Penguin Global, 2004 no complaints The book came in great condition and took about a week (more or less) to arrive. Good job.             The Cambridge Encyclopedia of English Language16 reviews David Crystal Klett Ernst Verlag GmbH, 2004 1st Edition same as 2nd Edition and a lot Cheaper Buy the 1st Edition and save yourself thirty bucks. It's got the same cover (but a different color), the same number of pages (506 pages) and is as far as I can tell, the exact same book. I'm tired of "edition inflation." Buy the first edition and save yourself a lot of money.             The Shakespeare Miscellany4 reviews David Crystal, Ben Crystal Penguin Books Ltd, 2005 PURE PLEASURE Everything you always wanted to know and then some about the greatest wordsmith of all time is found in this slim, trim volume by Shakespearean scholar David Crystal, and his son, Ben Crystal. Ever wonder just how many words Shakespeare invented? Well, in case you do there are "357 instances where Shakespeare is the only recorded user of a word in one or more of its senses." Now, just in ...             As They Say in Zanzibar: Proverbial Wisdom From Around the World1 review David Crystal Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 David Crystal is gifted I loved David Crystal's book Fight for English, so I picked this one up too - even though it's a very different topic. That said, this is a fascinating collection. And the book itself is beautiful, a classic to be turned to again and again.             The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language17 reviews David Crystal Cambridge University Press, 1997 A brief comment This book is a linguaphile and language lover's delight, to read or just to browse like a coffee table book. It covers just about every major topic in the study of language you can think of, from traditional classical and comparative philology and linguistics to modern developmental and neurological studies of language. The book is comprised of 11 major sections and 65 smaller sections, with ...             A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology (Penguin Classics)1 review Samuel Johnson Penguin Classics, 2007 Interesting Read I bought this as a graduation present for my best friend and spent some time just thumbing through this book. It is definitely an interesting read; especially with the origins of each entry.             A Dictionary of Language1 review David Crystal University Of Chicago Press, 2001 Authoritative and Fun This dictionary has entries for hundreds of languages, as well as information on where they are spoken and by how many speakers. You will also find a definition of every term in linguistics and numerous other bits of information about language. There are also several amusing cartoons. This book is excellent as a reference work for researchers and as a source of endless hours of learning and ...             Words Words Words4 reviews David Crystal Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 A Great Surprise WORDS WORDS WORDS It was the first time that I have ever read a book by David Crystal. Although I am not an English native speaker I think that Crystal has a straightforward way to write even to those - like me- who are not familiar with language business. It is a book to read and reread. I recommend. Laura Oldenburg Rio de Janeiro- Brazil             The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia4 reviews Cambridge University Press, 1994 A fantastic reference The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia is one of the books I reference most in writing and research; it is a quick, ready reference that is a wealth of information. It includes biographical entries on people from every culture, every time period, and every disclipine and field of endeavour. There are four primary sections to the book. The first part, a little over a thousand pages, is the A ...             A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics5 reviews Wiley-Blackwell, 1985 Very useful As a first year Master's student in TESOL, I have to read a lot of linguistics-related articles/books, and I am learning much of the terminology as I go. This book has saved me hours of googling for an adequate definition of unfamiliar terms/theories. If you have an interest in linguisitics, this book is a vital aid in making the literature accessible. Whether you are a beginner or not, this ...             Words on Words: Quotations about Language and Languages1 review David Crystal Penguin Books, 2000 Witty, wonderful and wise words Everyone seems to have something to say about words. The wise, the not so wise; the educated, the less-educated; writers, poets, politicians. What would it be like to hear them all tell us what they thought about language? In Words on Words the compilers provide us with 5000 quotations from a wide range of sources. The book is very well organized: about one half of the book (300 pages)is a ...             Investigating English Style (English Language Series)1 review David Crystal, Derek Davy Longman Group United Kingdom, 1973 What does stylistics studies? First thing in order to get good profit of this book is to be aware of the date of its first publication (around 60's). Since then much have been discussed about both Stylistics and Linguistics but by that time the authors pointed out a few good important elements do discuss the uses of language with a scientific approach. If you don't have a background on the Stylistics studies, remember that ...             Combos for Youth Groups: 6 Month-long Themes With the Works2 reviews Anne Broyles, Sam Halverson, ... Abingdon Press, 2005 Excellent resource This is an excellent resource for youth leaders who have groups either big or small. Many ideas can be used on Sunday in a big group setting, and others will work out well for our home groups. Good for grades 6-12.             Voices of Hope1 review Global Poets Guild Global Poets Guild, 2007 Poets With a Flair... Voices of Hope is a collection of poets expression. The proceeds for this wonderful book of poetry goes to Cancer Research. A enjoyable read for any poetry lover!             The Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English, English-Spanish / (Dictionary)50 reviews David Crystal Oxford University Press, 2008 CD provides instant word look-up as you read internet or other text This is an outstanding dictionary. I have been using it, in one format or another, for many years. (I now have the Palm PDA version on my handheld - not as full of features as the CD Rom version, but just as complete, and super when I'm on the go). One outstanding feature is that the CD Rom version permits you to click on words in other text you are reading on the computer, and immediately see ...             The Flash Usability Guide: Interacting with Flash MX2 reviews Chris MacGregor, Crystal Waters, ... Wrox Press, 2002 Great book for all web designers Anyone serious about web design/development (whether you use flash or not) should read this book. It is well written and practical. Showing you how to make your web site from the users side of view instead of the designers side of view, taking into account how to make it accessible for everyone, all the little things most web developers and designers miss along the way. Giving you real life ...             Language Death7 reviews David Crystal Cambridge University Press, 2002 An accessible presentation of a pressing world problem. David Crystal's book LANGUAGE DEATH is meant to bring attention for the general public to the dire loss of indigenous languages around the world--one every two weeks on average. This is a truly serious problem, and merits the attention of everyone. Crystal's work is somewhat scholarly--footnotes abound and it is published by Cambridge University Press--but the writer is expert at bringing ...             The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin authentic texts)259 reviews Oscar Wilde Penguin Books Ltd, 1991 The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame Wilde sees the world more clearly than any writer of fiction in the last century. It is for that reason that his work is so filled with countless paradoxes and contradictions that challenge the mind and titillate the senses. Wilde lived in an infinitely ironic age, when society had grown so influential as to crowd out the individuals that made it up. Today, we have taken for granted this ...             The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left5 reviews David Crystal Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 The Big Con Is your English educated or uneducated? Grammatical or ungrammatical? Urban or provincial? Standard or dialect? U or Non-U? Lered or lewed (to use the words that distinguished the high prestige English dialect from low presitige ones centuries ago)? All these terms imply something about people's social standing as well as they way they speak. And that's no coincidence. 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