TY - BOOK AU - Crystal,D. TI - The Cambridge encyclopedia of language SN - 9780521516983 AV - DUCE PE1072.C68 PY - 2010/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Language and languages KW - Dictionaries KW - Linguistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes N2 - The 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 ER -