The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language Paperback – 3 Jun. 2010

People who are interested in language or linguistics would definitely love this book. David Crystal explains a number of features of language very nicely in this book. Language is like people, it lives, it changes and it dies. Amazing fact is that all the language are different, yet they are alos similar in some sort of way and those could be explored through this book. In present days, interenet is playing a major role on the language change and that has also been discussed by the author.The book is easy to read and has lots of illustrations to accompany the discussion. Just like any other encyclopedia, this book is also large in size and heavy. So those who want to read it on their journy by train or by bus, would not find it comfortable. However the book is so interesting that it worth to allocate time just to be with the book and read it properly by sitting on a desk and a chair.

This book is beneficial for any Linguistic student.I brought it 2nd hand for £5- It looked brand new.

This book is a true classic and a joy to read. There simply is no better single-volume introduction to linguistics. The chapters are short and topic-focussed and the illustrations are superb. All-in-all there's nothing not to like. Anyone interested in languages should read this book.

I bought this for my grandson as a present....he is hoping to study Linguistics at Uni and I feel surevhevwill find this book extremely interesting and beneficial to his studies.

Great book. Really enjoying the detail

You cannot go wrong with this book if you're interested in linguistics or studying linguistics, I recommend purchasing this with Crystals 'A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics'. Overall a comprehensive and well-written book.

This is a serious book, invaluable for those interested in languages. May take a lifetime to read all of it.

A very good encyclopedia of language that you read like a book, page by page, to know more and more as a beginner or a student in the linguistics field to discover the topic...