Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 14-Volume Set, Second Edition: V1-14 [Hardcover]

Keith Brown (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 27, 2005

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

Also available online via ScienceDirect - featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit www.info.sciencedirect.com.

• The first Encyclopedia to exploit the multimedia potential of linguistics
• Ground-breaking in scope - wider than any predecessor
• An invaluable resource for researchers, academics, students and professionals in the fields of: linguistics, anthropology, education, psychology, language acquisition, language pathology, cognitive science, sociology, the law, the media, medicine & computer science.
• The most authoritative, up-to-date, comprehensive, and international reference source in its field

Editorial Reviews

Review

"An awe-inspiring project of breath-taking scope, bringing together a distinguished list of internationally recognized editors and authors."--Mark Steedman, University of Edinburgh, UK

"An extraordinary resource, encompassing a comprehensive breadth of major topics in all aspects of language and linguistics, the perspectives of leading scholars, and regional viewpoints from around the world! It does look to be an impressive undertaking, allright." -- Alister Cumming, Professor and Head, Modern Language Centre Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada.

"With over 3,000 articles and 39,000 references, this volume is vital to all college-level libraries as the most comprehensive language resource of its kind. -- John Aiello, The Electric Review, May 2005.

From the foreword:

"From people who enjoy browsing through encyclopedias to specialists who want some basic orientation in an area near their own, readers will find ELL2 to be an outstanding source of information." -- Sarah G. Thomason, William J. Gedney Collegiate Professor of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Book Description

The Linguist's Benchmark Reference Work for the 21st Century!

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 9000 pages
• Publisher: Elsevier Science; 2 edition (December 27, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0080442994
• ISBN-13: 978-0080442990
• Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 11.2 x 8.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 77 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,881,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The demon is in the details, January 15, 2011

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Lei Duowen "Radovan Škultéty" (Taiwan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 14-Volume Set, Second Edition: V1-14 (Hardcover)

As the story goes with grand projects that make aspirations for comprehensiveness, the demon lies in the details. While offering an awe-inspiring breadth of information, with some entries really examining the matter to great depth, in my casual observation the informative value of this encyclopedia is slightly compromised by the failure to include entries on such influential linguists as George Lakoff (Metaphors We Live By; Women, Fire and Dangerous Things etc.) or James Pustejovsky (Generative Lexicon), to name a few. It doesn't make much sense especially if their work is so often cited in other entries. And though it would still make a solid acquisition for every major library or a linguistic department, I hope the 3rd. edition would make up for these shortcomings.