David Crystal

David Crystal is honorary professor of linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor, and the editor of The Penguin Encyclopedia.

David Crystal's Titles

Walking English A Journey in Search of Language

Walking English

In this discursive jaunt through the groves and thickets of the English language, David Crystal creates a mesmerizing and entertaining narrative...


Stories of English

The Stories of English

The English language is now accepted as the global lingua franca of the modern age, spoken or written in by over a quarter of the human race....