دانلود کتاب Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics

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The first edition of ELL (1993, Ron Asher, Editor) was hailed as "the field's standard reference work for a generation". Now the all-new second edition matches ELL's comprehensiveness and high quality, expanded for a new generation, while being the first encyclopedia to really exploit the multimedia potential of linguistics. • The most authoritative, up-to-date, comprehensive, and international reference source in its field • An entirely new work, with new editors, new authors, new topics and newly commissioned articles with a handful of classic articles • The first Encyclopedia to exploit the multimedia potential of linguistics through the online edition • Ground-breaking and International in scope and approach • Alphabetically arranged with extensive cross-referencing • Available in print and online, priced separately. The online version will include updates as subjects develop ELL2 includes: • c. 7,500,000 words • c. 11,000 pages • c. 3,000 articles • c. 1,500 figures: 130 halftones and 150 colour • Supplementary audio, video and text files online • c. 3,500 glossary definitions • c. 39,000 references • Extensive list of commonly used abbreviations • List of languages of the world (including information on no. of speakers, language family, etc.) • Approximately 700 biographical entries (now includes contemporary linguists) • 200 language maps in print and online