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

• Main Author: Crystal, David, 1941-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Subjects: Crystal, David, > 1941-; Linguists > Biography. > Great Britain; Linguistics > History > 20th century. > Great Britain; Scholars > Biography. > Great Britain; Lexicographers > Biography. > Great Britain; Lexicographers.; Linguistics.; Linguists.; Scholars.; Electronic books.
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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?'

Table of Contents:

• 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.