The Cambridge encyclopedia of language /
David Crystal.
- 3rd ed.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010
- 516 p. : ill. (col.) ; 29 cm.
popular ideas about language; language and identity; the structure of language; the medium of language: speaking and listening; the medium of language: writing and reading; the medium of language: signing and seeing; child language acquisition; language, brain and disability; the languages of the world; language in the world