TY - BOOK AU - Crystal,David TI - Just a phrase I'm going through: my life in language SN - 9780203878491 (e-book : PDF) PY - 2009/// CY - Abingdon, New York PB - Routledge KW - Crystal, David, KW - Linguists KW - Great Britain KW - Biography KW - Linguistics KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Scholars KW - Lexicographers KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes index; 1. Being a linguist -- 2. A semilingual start -- 3. New worlds -- 4. Liverpool school -- 5. Extra-curricular acts -- 6. Learning, and not learning, about language -- 7. Becoming academic -- 8. Surveying -- 9. Worlds within worlds -- 10. Becoming professional -- 11. The sexy subject -- 12. Meeting needs -- 13. Choices and consequences -- 14. Meetings and meetings -- 15. Looking for remedies -- 16. Why did you resign? -- 17. The encyclopedia game -- 18. Schizoid man -- 19. Busyness and business; Also available in print edition UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203878491 ER -