Just a phrase I'm going through my life in language /

Looks behind the curtains at the adventures, challenges and pitfalls of the author's life in linguistics. This book answers the question that the author is most frequently asked: 'How did you become a linguist?'

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Main Author: Crystal, David, 1941-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
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505 0 # |a 1. Being a linguist -- 2. A semilingual start -- 3. New worlds -- 4. Liverpool school -- 5. Extra-curricular acts -- 6. Learning, and not learning, about language -- 7. Becoming academic -- 8. Surveying -- 9. Worlds within worlds -- 10. Becoming professional -- 11. The sexy subject -- 12. Meeting needs -- 13. Choices and consequences -- 14. Meetings and meetings -- 15. Looking for remedies -- 16. Why did you resign? -- 17. The encyclopedia game -- 18. Schizoid man -- 19. Busyness and business. 
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