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This Second Edition of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language presents a mass of new information and introduces the subject of language to a fresh generation of students and general readers. Probably the most successful general study of language ever published, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language covers all the major themes of language study, including popular ideas about language, language and identity, the structure of language, speaking and listening, writing, reading, and signing, language acquisition, the neurological basis of language, and languages of the world. Exposing this work to a new generation of readers, the Second Edition extends the range of coverage to include advances in areas such as machine translation, speech interaction with machines, and language teaching. There is new material on acoustics, physiological concepts of language, and World English, and a complete update of the language distribution maps, language-speaking statistics, table of the world's languages, and further reading. All geopolitical material has been revised to take account of boundary changes. The book has been redesigned and is presented for the first time in full color, with new pictures and maps added.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521559677
ISBN-139780521559676
eBay Product ID (ePID)87718694
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Number of Pages488 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCambridge Encyclopedia of Language
Publication Year1997
SubjectDictionaries, Linguistics / General
FeaturesRevised
TypeNot Available
AuthorDavid Crystal
Subject AreaRéférence, Language Arts & Disciplines
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight69.4 oz.
Item Length10.9 in
Item Width8.7 in
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