The Writers of Wales Database

CRYSTAL, DAVID

Website: http://www.davidcrystal.com/

David Crystal was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland in 1941. He is a world renowned linguist, writer, editor, lecturer and broadcaster. David read English at University College London (1959-62), specializing in English language studies. He became a lecturer in linguistics, first at Bangor University and then at Reading University. He published the first of his 100+ books in 1964, and became known chiefly for his research work in English language studies, in such fields as intonation and stylistics, and in the application of linguistics to religious, educational and clinical contexts, most notably in the development of a range of linguistic profiling techniques for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. David held a chair at the University of Reading for 10 years, and is now Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. He now divides his time between linguistics and working on internet applications, and is Director of the Ucheldre Centre.

David’s publications are mainly in the field of linguistics, including two language encyclopedias for Cambridge University Press. His recent titles include his linguistic autobiography and an introduction to Shakespeare's language. He has also published linguistic guides for educationalists, several volumes of devotional poetry, biographies and a play. He was founder-editor of the Journal of Child Language, Child Language Teaching and Therapy, and Linguistics Abstracts, and has also edited several book series. In the 1980s, he became editor of general encyclopedias for Cambridge University Press. David has also been a consultant, contributor, or presenter on several BBC radio and television programmes and series. He was consultant for the British Library 'Evolving English' exhibition (Nov 2010 - April 2011), and author of the accompanying book. He received an OBE for services to the English language in 1995, and was made a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2000. He was Sam Wanamaker Fellow at Shakespeare's Globe in 2003-4 and was honorary president of the Johnson Society for 2005-6.

Selected Publications:
Linguistics
Linguistics, Language and Religion (Burns Oates/Hawthorn Books, 1965)
What is Linguistics? (Edward Arnold, 1968; 1969; 1974; 1977; 1982; 1985) / Que é Lingüística? (Ao Livro Técnico S/A, 1981)
Prosodic Systems and Intonation in English (Cambridge University Press, 1969)
Linguistics (Harmondsworth, 1971; 1981; 1985) / A Linguística (Dom Quixote, 1973) / Einführung in die Linguistik (Kohlhammer, 1975)
The English Tone of Voice: Essays in Intonation, Prosody and Paralanguage (Edward Arnold, 1975)
Child Language, Learning and Linguistics (Edward Arnold, 1976; 1987) / Lenguaje Infantil, Aprendizaje y Lingüistica (Editorial Médica y Técnica, 1981)
Working with LARSP (Edward Arnold, 1979)
Introduction to Language Pathology (Edward Arnold, 1980; 1988; 1993; 1998) / Patalogia del Lenguaje (Cátedra, 1983)
A First Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics (Deutsch, 1980; Blackwell, 1985; 1991; 1996; 2003; 2008) / Enciklopedijski Recnik Moderne Lingvistike (Nolit, 1987) / Dicionário de Lingüística e Fonética (Jorge Zahar, 1988)
Clinical Linguistics (Disorders of Human Communication 3) (Springer, 1981)
Directions in Applied Linguistics (Academic Press, 1981)
Profiling Linguistic Disability (Edward Arnold, 1982; 1992)
Linguistic Encounters with Language Handicap (Blackwell, 1984)
Who Cares about English Usage? (Penguin, 1984; 2000)
Language Handicap in Children (National Council for Special Education) (Developing Horizons in Special Education, Series No 7, 1984)
Listen to your Child (Penguin, 1986)
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (Cambridge University Press, 1987; 1990; 1997; 2003; Guild Publishing, 1988) / Die Cambridge Enzyklopädie der Sprache (Campus, 1993) / Enciclopedia Cambridge delle Scienze del Linguaggio (Zanichelli, 1993) / Enciclopedia del Lenguaje (Taurus, 1993) / Kembricka Enciklopedija Jezika (Nolit, 1996) / A Nyelv Enciklopédiája (Osiris, 1998)
The English Language (Harmondsworth, 1988; 2002) / The Uses of English (Eihosha, 1990) / The English Language (Kirihara Shoten, 1990)
Rediscover Grammar (Longman, 1988; 1996; 2004)
Pilgrimage (Holy Island Press, 1988)
Making Sense of English Usage (Chambers, 1991)
An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Language and Languages (Blackwell, 1992; 1993; Penguin, 1994; 1999)
Introducing Linguistics (Harmondsworth, 1992)
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (Cambridge University Press, 1995; 1997)
Discover Grammar (Addison Wesley Longman, 1996)
English: The Global Language (US English, 1996; 1997; 2003)
Language Play (Penguin, 1998)
Language Death (Cambridge University Press, 2000) / La Muerte de las Lenguas (Cambridge University Press, 2001) / A Morte das Linguas (Editorial Galaxia, 2003) Smrt Jezika (Eke XX Vek, 2003) / Kalbos Myrtis (Tyto alba, 2005) / Dillerin Katli (Profil Yayincilik, 2007)
A History of the English Language (Seibido, 2000)
Language and the Internet (Cambridge University Press, 2001; 2006) / El Lenguaje e Internet (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
The World of Language (Shohakusha, 2002)
The Stories of English (Penguin, 2004)
The Language Revolution (Polity Press, 2004) / La Revolución del Lenguaje (Alianza, 2005) / Hizkuntzaren Iraultza (Erein, 2007)
A Glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak (Edinburgh University Press, 2004)
Making Sense of Grammar (Pearson Longman, 2004)
Pronouncing Shakespeare (Cambridge University Press, 2005)
Dr Johnson's Dictionary: An Anthology (Penguin Classics, 2005)
How Language Works (Penguin / Overlook Press, 2006)
Words, Words, Words (Oxford University Press, 2006)
The Fight for English (Oxford University Press, 2006)
As They Say in Zanzibar (HarperCollins, 2006)
By Hook or by Crook: A Journey in Search of English (HarperCollins, 2007)
Think on My Words: An Introduction to Shakespeare's Language (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
Txting: The gr8 db8 (Oxford University Press, 2008)
The Future of Language (three Lectures on DVD with accompanying book) (Routledge, 2009)
Walking English: A Journey in Search of Language (Overlook Press, 2009)
A Little Book of Language (Little Histories) (Yale University Press, 2010)
Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language (Oxford University Press, 2010)
Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices (The British Library Publishing Division, 2010)
Internet Linguistics: A Student Guide (Routledge, 2011)
The Story of English in One Hundred Words (Profile Books, 2011)

Children's Books
Language A to Z, Book 1 (Longman, 1991)
Language A to Z, Book 2 (Longman, 1991)
Language A to Z, Teacher's Book (Longman, 1991)

Literature
Happenings (Holy Island Press, 2000)
John Bradburne's Book of Days (John Bradburne Memorial Society, 2004)
The Story of Ucheldre (Holy Island Press, 2007)
John Bradburne's Birds, Bees and Beasts (Holy Island Press, 2007)
Just a Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language (Routledge, 2009)
John Bradburne on Love (Holy Island Press, 2009)

Contributed to:
Linguistics
Systems of Prosodic and Paralinguistic Features in English (co-writer) (Mouton, 1964)
Investigating English Style (co-writer) (Longman, 1969)
The English Language: Essays by Linguists and Men of Letters (co-editor) (Cambridge University Press, 1969)
Advanced Conversational English (co-writer) (Longman, 1975)
Skylarks: A Language Development Programme for 6-9 Year-Olds (co-writer) (Nelson, 1975)
The Grammatical Analysis of Language Disability (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1976; 1977, 1982; 1989) / Analisis Gramatical de los Trastornos del Lenguaje (Editorial Médica y Técnica, 1983)
Eric Partridge: In his Own Words (editor) (Macmillan, 1980)
Linguistic Controversies (editor) (Edward Arnold, 1982)
The English Language (Sphere History of Literature, 10) (co-editor) (Sphere, 1987; 1993)
Convent (co-writer) (Holy Island Press, 1989)
Nineties Knowledge (editor) (Federal Publications, 1992)
The Cambridge Encyclopedia (editor) (Cambridge University Press, 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1997; 1999)
Cambridge Concise Encyclopedia (editor) (Cambridge University Press, 1992; 1994; 1995; 2000)
The Cambridge Factfinder (editor) (Cambridge University Press, 1993; 1994; 1995; 1997; 1998; 2000) / Cambridgeov Podatkovnik (DZS, 1995)
The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia (editor) (Cambridge University Press, 1994; 1996; 1998)
Words on Words: Quotations on Language and Languages (co-writer) (Penguin, 2000)
The New Penguin Encyclopedia (editor) (Penguin, 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007)
The New Penguin Factfinder (editor) (Penguin, 2003; 2007)
The Penguin Book of Facts (editor) (Penguin, 2004)
Pocket Spelling Dictionary (editor) (Penguin Reference, 2005)
Pocket Quotations (editor) (Penguin Reference, 2005)
Pocket Facts (editor) (Penguin Reference, 2005)
Pocket Kings and Queens (editor) (Penguin Reference, 2006)
Pocket Famous People (editor) (Penguin Reference, 2006)
Pocket On this Day (editor) (Penguin Reference, 2006)
Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Oxford World Classics) (editor) (Oxford University Press, 2009)
From International to Local English-And Back Again (Linguistic Insights) (co-editor) (Peter Lang, 2010)

Children's Books
Heat (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1979)
Light (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1979)
Sound (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1979)
Roads (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1979)
Railways (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1979)
Canals (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1979)
Monasteries (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1979)
Manors (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1979)
Castles (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1979)
Money (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1979)
Parliament (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1979)
Newspapers (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1979)
The Greeks (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1981)
The Romans (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1981)
The Ancient Egyptians (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1981)
Air (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1982)
Food (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1982)
Volcanoes (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1982)
Deserts (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1983)
Dinosaurs (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1983)
Electricity (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1983)
Motorcycles (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1984)
Computers (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1984)
Horses and Ponies (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1984)
The Normans (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1984)
The Vikings (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1984)
The Romans (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1984)
The Celts (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1984)
The Anglo-Saxons (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1984)
Fishing (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1985)
The Stone Age (Databank Series) (co-writer) (Edward Arnold, 1985)
Air and Breathing (Datasearch Series) (co-writer) (Hodder & Stoughton, 1991)
Light and Seeing (Datasearch Series) (co-writer) (Hodder & Stoughton, 1991)
Sound and Hearing (Datasearch Series) (co-writer) (Hodder & Stoughton, 1991)
Heating and Cooling (Datasearch Series) (co-writer) (Hodder & Stoughton, 1991) 

Literature
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott-Fitzgerald (co-editor) (Penguin, 1992)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (co-editor) (Penguin, 1992)
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (co-editor) (Penguin, 1992)
John Bradburne: Songs of the Vagabond (editor) (Holy Island Press, 1996)
John Bradburne’s Mutemwa (co-writer) (Holy Island Press / John Bradburne Memorial Society, 2000)
Shakespeare’s Words (co-writer) (Penguin, 2002; 2004)
The Shakespeare Miscellany (co-writer) (Penguin, 2005)