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Crystal David. Just a Phrase I’m Going Through. My Life in Language

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Crystal David. Just a Phrase I’m Going Through. My Life in Language
London, New York: Routledge, 2009. — 314 p. — ISBN: 0-203-87849-3.
Both an autobiography and a highly accessible introduction to the field of linguistics, Just a Phrase I’m Going Through illuminates and entertains us with its many insights into the ever-fascinating subject of language.
David Crystal is synonymous with language, both as a great populariser and linguistic pioneer, and his contribution to the field is unparalleled. This is a book not just for students and teachers but for all lovers of language.
List of illustrations
List of panels
Prologue
Being a linguist
A semilingual start
New worlds
Liverpool school
Extra-curricular acts
Learning, and not learning, about language
Becoming academic
Surveying
Worlds within worlds
Becoming professional
The sexy subject
Meeting needs
Choices and consequences
Meetings and meetings
Looking for remedies
Why did you resign?
The encyclopedia game
Schizoid man
Busyness and business
Epilogue
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