David Crystal
David Crystal is a British linguist born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, in 1941, who studied English at University College London and lectured at Bangor University and the University of Reading.[1][2] He has authored over 120 books on language, specializing in English studies, stylistics, and reference works like the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language and the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, and works from Holyhead, North Wales, as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster.[1][2][4] Awarded an OBE in 1995 and a Fellowship of the British Academy in 2000, he is known for contributions to Internet linguistics and original pronunciation in Shakespeare productions.[1]
Linguistics
English Language Studies
Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language
The Story of English in 100 Words
Making a Point: The Persnickety Story of English Punctuation
Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary
Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling, and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
The Story of English in 100 Words
Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
How Language Works
The Story of English in 100 Words
English as a Global Language
A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics (The Language Library Book 31)
Txtng: The Gr8 Db8
The Story of Be: A Verb's-Eye View of the English Language
Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourist's Guide to Britain
A Little Book of Language
Stories of English
The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics)
By Hook or By Crook
Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices
The Story of English in 100 Words
The Cambridge Encyclopedia Canadian edition
A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics (The Language Library)
Introduction to Language Pathology