About David Crystal
David Crystal is a British linguist, author, and expert on the English language.
Biographical details
Basic information
| person Full name | David Crystal |
| cake Date of birth | July 6, 1941 |
| link Links | language |
Biographical mentions
David works from his home in Holyhead, North Wales, as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster. Born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland in 1941, he spent his early years in Holyhead. His family moved to Liverpool in 1951, and he received his secondary schooling at St Mary’s College. He read English at University College London (1959-62), specialised in English language studies, did some research there at the Survey of English Usage under Randolph Quirk (1962-3), then joined academic life as a lecturer in linguistics, first at Bangor, then at Reading.
Source: davidcrystal.com on 08/03/2023
Top works
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| A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics | |
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| 2011 | |
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Bibliography
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2011.
