Editor-in-Chief:
Keith Brown, Affiliated Lecturer at the Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge, UK
Description
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 develop
ELL2 includes:
* c. 7,500,000 words
* c. 11,000 pages
* c. 3,000
articles
* c. 1,500 figures: 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, language
family, etc.)
* Approximately 700 biographical entries (now includes contemporary linguists)
* 200 language maps
in print and online
Also 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.
Audience:
Students, researchers and professionals who are seeking an authoritative source of information about any particular aspect of linguistics or its applications.
