The Cambridge encyclopedia of language / David Crystal. Encyclopedia of language Crystal, David, 1941- Language and languages Dictionaries. Linguistics Dictionaries. P29 .C64 2010 403 22 Previous ed.: 1997. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. This new, thoroughly revised edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language incorporates the major developments in language study which have taken place since the mid-1990s. Two main new areas have been added: the rise of electronic communication in all its current forms from email to texting, and the crisis affecting the world's languages, of which half are thought to be so seriously endangered that they will die out this century. -- BOOK JACKET. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987. 1987. 2010 Text 516 p. : http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010502889-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010502889-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010502889-t.html eng