Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics

by Keith Brown (Editor)

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 developELL2 c. 7,500,000 words* c. 11,000 pages* c. 3,000 articles* c. 1,500 130 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, languagefamily, etc.)* Approximately 700 biographical entries (now includes contemporary linguists)* 200 language maps in print and onlineAlso 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.

Genres: Linguistics, Language, Nonfiction

9000 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Traveller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Superb set - the only reason why I'm not giving this 5 stars, is because of Elsevier Publishing's marketing practices. I understand that a set like this must cost a lot of money to compile and print; but honestly, $13 511.51 for the Kindle edition? A bit steep for an e-book set, wouldn't you say? ...or should we be blaming Amazon for that?

Since I was lucky enough to pick it up second-hand for a paltry fraction of that price, I think I am going to buy myself a nice little used light pick-up truck for the money I had saved. Or perhaps a motorbike? Or better yet, a new piano or synthesizer?*

Friends are welcome to give suggestions of how I can spend the more than $12 000 I had saved by not buying a Kindle edition of this. ;)


According to Wikipedia:
Elsevier: Revenue € 6,902 million
Net income € 1,090 million (pre-tax)

* Kidding: I don't really -have- the money. So it's just as well! XD

[Đoàn Duy · Rating 5 out of 5]

In my opinion, this is the best encyclopedia as to language and linguistics, written by quite a few distinguished professors and leading experts all over the world.