David Crystal at Routledge
'David Crystal loves and appreciates every word he speaks, and every word written in this book helps us to understand someone who is not just a great linguist, but a true champion and lover of language.' - Benjamin Zephaniah
'Crystal's wit and story-telling skills, continuously reveal the magic of encountering and investigating the ever-new kaleidoscope of language.' - Paola Vettorel, University of Verona, Italy
David Crystal began his study of language in 1959, embarking on a degree in English at University College London. Today, he is one of the world's foremost authorities on language: a frequent broadcaster, public lecturer and blogger, a prolific author and editor with over 100 books published to date.
To celebrate the 50th year of his incredible career, Routledge are proud to be publishing two new projects by David Crystal.
Just A Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language
In his characteristically humorous and informative style, David reflects on his life and work and seeks to give an answer to the question that readers and audiences across the world have asked him: 'How did you become a linguist?' Along the way, he is telling not only his own story but also the story of linguistics over the last 50 years, and our day-to-day relationship with the words we speak and write.
Meet the Author Clip (WMV Video file)
The Future of Language: The Routledge David Crystal Lectures
A DVD with accompanying paperback commentary, this is the first commercially available recording of three of Crystal's most popular and riveting performance lectures that explore three topics on the future of language.
Meet the Author Clip (WMV Video file)