TY - BOOK AU - Crystal,David TI - The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language SN - 9780521530330 U1 - 420 PY - 2003/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English language KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-479) and indexes; Modelling English; The origins of English; Old English; Middle English; Early modern English; Modern English; World English; The nature of the lexicon; The sources of the lexicon; Etymology; The structure of the lexicon; Lexical dimensions; Grammatical mythology; The structure of words; Word classes; The structure of sentences; The sound system; The writing system; Varieties of discourse; Regional variation; Social variation; Personal variation; Electronic variation; Learning English as a mother tongue; New ways of studying English ER -