Just a phrase I'm going through [electronic resource] : my life in language / David Crystal.
Material type: TextPublication details: Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2009.Description: ix, 285 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.)ISBN:- 9780203878491 (e-book : PDF)
- My life in language
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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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