Customer Reviews
Essential reading for any student of literacy or English - By: A. I. McCulloch, 30 Jul 2008 
This book was essential reading for me during my literacy specialist tutor training, & two years later it is stillin regular use. If you want to check your use of grammar, wonder what word is used for truantingin South Wales, or are puzzled as to what a morpheme is, the answers are here. It never let me down when I wanted to check something. Not the cheapest or most portable book there is, but definitely the best.
Essential - By: , 17 Jan 2006 This book is essential for anyone studying language or linguistics at degree level. Crystal is the man when it comes to this subject & I'm sure this book & many more of his will be assisting me with the MAin Linguistics that I plan to pursue. It is books like this that have fed my enthusiasm for the English language & encouraged further study!
A bible - By: Bex M, 06 Jan 2006 
Superb! Must have for anybody interestedin or studying English language, it is fascinating & has been my bible throughout my Alevel & nowin to my degree. Really worth the money. David Crystal is an inspiration to Language users & students.
EXCELLENT but where to start? - By: elu497@bangor.ac.uk, 17 Jan 2000 A: At anypoint of interest .As a student of Linguistics & the English language at the University of Wales, Bangor, this is an invaluble book. As an introduction to the English language you'll find you can't put it down. Facts you never knew before from the history of the English language to English as a global language. For general reading, you'll discover a facinating insight to the language that we use every day without much consideration. Easy to pick up, impossible to put down.
A valuable tool for any student of the english language - By: , 05 Jan 2000 Crystal's encyclopedia is well referenced & gives a good introduction - often more - into a wide range of issues relating to the development & use of language. An easily accessible & fascinating reference work.
