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050 0 0 _aDUCE PE1072.C68
100 1 _aCrystal, D.
_qDavid Crystal.
245 1 4 _aThe Cambridge encyclopedia of language/
_cDavid Crystal.
250 _a3rd.
260 _aCambridge:
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _a516 p. :
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_c28 cm.
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
520 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aLanguage and languages
_vDictionaries.
650 0 _aLinguistics
_vDictionaries.
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