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Completely revised and updated in its fifth edition, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics is the standard single-volume reference for its field.The fifth edition incorporates new words or senses that have developed in linguistics recently, based on recommendations by a team of experts in phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics and sociolinguistics. The dictionary now includes more than 5,000 terms, grouped into over 3,000 entries. The layout has been modified to increase the effectiveness of cross-referencing, all abbreviations have been included in a separate list at the beginning of the book, and a table of symbols has been added.

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• Preface to the Fifth Edition
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Symbols
• The International Phonetic Alphabet
• Alphabetical Entries

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CHOICE Review

Crystal has edited an impressive number of reference works in language and linguistics, of which A First Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics (CH, Jul'81) was among his earliest. Additional terms have been added with every edition, reflecting both a broader scope and the increased complexity of the field. This sixth edition is not only thicker but larger in format and type font. Unfortunately, it is now too large to handle easily, and the new typeface is harder to read because of lack of contrast. Nevertheless, all academic and large public libraries who lack the fourth edition should acquire this one, since linguistics is important to a range of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, mathematics, discourse analysis, sociology, computer science, and neuroscience. For libraries supporting programs or research in linguistics itself, this new edition is a must. Although most existing entries are not significantly updated, many new terms (e.g., "palatograph," "paycheck sentence," "peace linguistics," "phi features," "phenomoid") have been added, along with new lists of abbreviations and symbols. ^BSumming Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. J. M. Alexander Carnegie Mellon University