Encyclopedia Of Language And Linguistics 2nd Keith Brown Ed by Keith Brown (ed.) 9780080442990, 0080442994 instant download after payment.

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