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1964

(With R. Quirk) Systems of prosodic and paralinguistic features in English (The Hague: Mouton), x +120 pp. No ISBN

1965

Linguistics, language and religion (London: Burns Oates/New York: Hawthorn Books), 191 pp. No ISBN

1968

What is linguistics? (London: Edward Arnold), viii + 84 pp. 0713153814; 0713153822

Japanese edition with notes, 1969 (Tokyo: Shinozaki Shorin), No ISBN

 

1969

Prosodic systems and intonation in English (Cambridge: CUP), viii+381 pp.  0521073871

What is linguistics? (London: Edward Arnold), 2nd edn viii + 88 pp.  (Reprinted with amendments, 1971) 0713154829; 0713154837  Japanese translation (1975), 13822600125625

(With D. Davy) Investigating English style (London: Longman), xiv+260 pp.  025333165X

(ed, with W.F. Bolton) The English language: essays by linguists and men of letters, Vol. 2 1858-1964 (Cambridge: CUP), xiii+325 pp. 0521073251; 052109545X

1971

Linguistics (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 250 pp. (Revised edition, 1981)  0140213325

Portuguese translation 1973, A linguística (Lisbon: Dom Quixote), 322 pp. No ISBN

German translation 1975, Einführung in die Linguistik (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer) , 232 pp.  3170013688

1974

What is linguistics? (London: Edward Arnold), 3rd edn viii + 83 pp. 0713157410 (Reprinted with amendments, 1977, 1982)  Portuguese translation 1981, Que é lingüística?  (Rio de Janeiro: Ao Livro Técnico S/A), xii+60 pp.      8521500521

1975

The English tone of voice: essays in intonation, prosody and paralanguage (London: Edward Arnold), ix+198 pp. 0713158018; 0713158026

(With D. Davy), Advanced conversational English (London: Longman), 170 pp.  0582550742; 0582568315 (tape); 0582790050 (cassette)

(With J. Bevington) Skylarks: a language development programme for 6--9-year-olds (London: Nelson), 48 booklets and teacher's notes. 0174122330

1976

Child language, learning and linguistics (London: Edward Arnold), 106 pp. 0713158905; 0713158913

Japanese translation, 1980.   13822600235625

Spanish translation, 1981, Lenguaje infantil, aprendizaje y lingüistica (Barcelona: Editorial Médica y Técnica), ix+126 pp.   8485298632

(With P. Fletcher & M. Garman)  The grammatical analysis of language disability (London: Edward Arnold), vi+234 pp. ( Revised 1977, 1982) 0713158425; 071315843

Spanish translation 1983, Analisis gramatical de los trastornos del lenguaje (Barcelona: Editorial Médica y Técnica), xii+300 pp. 08485298853

1979

Working with LARSP (London: Edward Arnold), viii+359 pp. 0713161183

(With J.L. Foster) Databank series (London: Edward Arnold), 24 pp. each

Heat    0713103817

Light    0713103809

Sound    0713103795

Roads   0713103779

Railways  NA

Canals    0713103760

Monasteries   0713103957

Manors  0713103949

Castles    0713103930

Money    0713103906

Parliament    0713103914

Newspapers    0713103922

1980

(ed) Eric Partridge: in his own words (London: Deutsch/New York: Macmillan), 251 pp. 0233973001; 0025289608

Introduction to language pathology (London: Edward Arnold) 0713162740; 0713162759

Spanish translation 1983, Patalogia del lenguaje (Madrid: Cátedra), 272 pp. 8437603811

A first dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (London: Deutsch), 390 pp. 0233970878; 0233973265

1981

Clinical linguistics (Vienna & New York: Springer), Disorders of Human Communication 3, xii+228 pp. 3211816224; 0387816224  Paperback edition (London: Arnold) 0713165065  Paperback edition (London: Whurr), with additional references, xiii+230 pp. 1870332652

Directions in applied linguistics (London: Academic Press), vii+179 pp.  0121984206

(With J.L. Foster) Databank series (London: Edward Arnold), 24 pp. each

The Greeks   071310556

The Romans    0713105542

The Ancient Egyptians    0713105550

1982

Profiling linguistic disability (London: Edward Arnold), 218 pp.  0713163542

(ed) Linguistic controversies (London: Edward Arnold), xiv+257 pp. 0713163496

(With J.L. Foster) Databank series (London: Edward Arnold), 24 pp. each

Air   0713106336

Food   071310631X

Volcanoes    0713106328

1983

(With J.L. Foster) Databank series (London: Edward Arnold), 24 pp. each

Deserts  0713108282

Dinosaurs   0713108290

Electricity   0713108371

1984

Linguistic encounters with language handicap (Oxford: Blackwell), xi+171 pp. 0631138692 Paperback edition, 1987. 0631154930

Who cares about English usage? (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 124 pp.  0140225447; 0140083154

Japanese translation, 1985, No ISBN    Japanese translation, 1986, 4385431299

Language handicap in children. (National Council for Special Education), Developing Horizons in Special Education, Series No 7, 51 pp. No ISBN

(With J.L. Foster) Databank series (London: Edward Arnold), 24 pp. each

Motorcycles  0713108363

Computers  071310838X

Horses and ponies  0713108398

The Normans  0713109491

The Vikings  0713109475

The Romans    0713105542

The Celts    0713109890

The Anglo-Saxons    0713109483

Enjoy science (Tokyo: Asahi) (Japanese translation of 3 Databank science titles), 132 pp. No ISBN

1985

What is linguistics? (London: Edward Arnold), 4th edn x + 83 pp.  0713164433

Linguistics (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 2nd edn 276 pp. 0140226400  Japanese translation, 1988, 4523300526

A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (Oxford: Blackwell), 2nd edn 340 pp. 0631140794; 0631140816

Serbo-Croatian translation, 1987, Enciklopedijski recnik moderne lingvistike  (Belgrade: Nolit), 293 pp. [Dejvid Kristal] 8619015796

Portuguese translation, 1988, Dicionario de linguistica e fonetica (Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar), 275 pp.  857110025X

(With J.L. Foster) Databank series (London: Edward Arnold), 24 pp. each

Fishing   0713109467

The Stone Age    0713173009

1986

Listen to your child (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 240 pp. 0140110151; 014046753X

1987

The Cambridge encyclopedia of language (Cambridge: CUP), vii+472 pp. 0521264383; 0521424437

Guild Publishing edition, 1988.  No ISBN

Japanese translation, 1992 (Tokyo: Taishukan), 688 pp.    4469012025

German translation, 1993, Die Cambridge Enzyklopädie der Sprache (Frankfurt: Campus), ix+478 pp. 3593348241; student edition 1995, 3593352656

Italian translation, 1993, Enciclopedia Cambridge delle scienze del linguaggio (Bologna: Zanichelli), ix+483 pp. 8808140784

Spanish translation, 1993, Enciclopedia del lenguaje (Madrid: Taurus), xi+475 pp. 8430601716

Serbo-Croatian translation, 1996, Kembricka enciklopedija jezika (Belgrade: Nolit), vii+474 pp. [Dejvid Kristal]    No ISBN

Hungarian translation, 1998, A nyelv enciklopédiája (Budapest: Osiris), 606 pp. 9633792118

(ed, with W.F. Bolton) The English language, Sphere History of Literature, 10 (London: Sphere), ix +362 pp.  (Revision of W.F. Bolton, 1975) 0722179774

Child language, learning and linguistics (London: Edward Arnold), 2nd edn  v+106 pp. 0713164921

1988

Introduction to language pathology (London: Whurr), 2nd edn, x+229 pp. 187138110X

The English language (Harmondsworth: Penguin), x+288 pp. 0140135324; 014022730X

Japanese translation 1989, 4 314 00522 X

Korean translation 1992, no ISBN

Japanese part adaptation, 1990, The uses of English (Tokyo: Eihosha), 102 pp. No ISBN

Japanese part adaptation, 1990, The English language (Tokyo: Kirihara Shoten), 107 pp.  4342520001

Rediscover grammar (London: Longman), 223 pp. 0582002583 Revised edition, 1996.

Thai translation, 1996. 9745125946

Japanese translation, 1992. 4268001379

Chinese translation, 1995. 9620013522

Pilgrimage (Holyhead: Holy Island Press), 79 pp. 0951306308

1989

(With P. Fletcher & M. Garman)  The grammatical analysis of language disability (London: Cole & Whurr), 2nd edn, vi+247 pp. 1871381037

(With J.C. Davies) Convent  (Holyhead: Holy Island Press), 130 pp. 0951306316

1990

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), ix+1334+maps. 0521395283

1991

A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (Oxford: Blackwell), 3rd edn 389 pp. 0631178694; 0631178716

Making sense of English usage (Edinburgh: Chambers), xii+127 pp. 0550180362  China edition 1993, 7506215683

Language A to Z,  Book 1 (London: Longman), 140 pp. 0582075653

Language A to Z, Book 2 (London: Longman), vi+152 pp. 0582075645

Language A to Z, Teacher's Book (London: Longman), vi+185 pp. 0582075629

(With J.L. Foster) Datasearch series (London: Hodder & Stoughton), 32 pp. each

Air and breathing    0340522224

Light and seeing    0340522259

Sound and hearing    0340522232

Heating and cooling    0340522240

1992

Profiling linguistic disability (London: Whurr), 2nd edn viii+229 pp. 1870332938

An encyclopedic dictionary of language and languages (Oxford: Blackwell), 428 pp. 0631176527

Paperback edition, 1994  (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 428 pp. 0140512349

Introducing linguistics (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 77 pp. 014081017X

(ed) Nineties knowledge (Edinburgh: Chambers/Singapore: Federal Publications), ix+182 pp. 0550172548; 9810120958

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), updated edition, ix+1334+maps. 052143176X

(ed) Cambridge concise encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), vi+962 pp. 0521416140

(ed, with D. Strange) The great Gatsby (Harmondsworth: Penguin), Penguin Authentic Texts, xii+190 pp. 0140813349

(ed, with D. Strange) The picture of Dorian Gray (Harmondsworth: Penguin), Penguin Authentic Texts, xii+276 pp. 0140813330

(ed, with D. Strange) The big sleep (Harmondsworth: Penguin), Penguin Authentic Texts, ix+244 pp. 0140813357

1993

(With R. Varley) Introduction to Language Pathology (London: Whurr), 3rd edn, xiv+283 pp. 1897635508

(ed, with W.F. Bolton) The English language, Sphere History of Literature, 10   (Harmondsworth: Penguin), ix+362 pp.  (Reprint of 1987 edition.)  0140177604

(ed) The Cambridge paperback encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), vi+965 pp. 0521437628

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP), xx+841 pp. 0521453062

1994

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edition, viii+1347+maps. 0521444292

(ed) The Cambridge biographical encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), xi+1304 pp. 0521434211

(ed) The Cambridge concise encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), updated edition, viii+965 pp. 0521471613

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP), revised edition xx+843 pp. 0521471249; paperback 0521469910; 8185618569

Slovenian translation, 1995, Cambridgeov podatkovnik (Ljubljana: DZS), xxiii+877 pp.  8634113868

1995

The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language (Cambridge: CUP), vii+489 pp. 0521401798

(ed) The Cambridge concise encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edition, viii+1080 pp. 0521550491

(ed) The Cambridge paperback encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edition viii+1080 pp. 0521559685

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP), updated edition, xx+843 pp. 0521551404; paperback 0521558921

1996

A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (Oxford: Blackwell), 4th edn, xvii+426 pp. 0631200967; 0631200975

Greek translation 2000 (Athens: Ekdoseis Pataki), 9601608591

Rediscover grammar (London: Longman), revised edn 239 pp. 0582002583

Discover grammar (London: Addison Wesley Longman), 159 pp. 0582294355

(ed) John Bradburne: songs of the vagabond (Holyhead: Holy Island Press), xi+84 pp. 0951306340

English: the global language (Washington: US English), x+134 pp. No ISBN

(ed) The Cambridge biographical dictionary (Cambridge: CUP), x+495 pp. 0521567807

1997

The Cambridge encyclopedia of language (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edn vii+480 pp.0 521550505; softback 1998 0521559677

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edn xx+891 pp. 0521565979

English as a global language (Cambridge: CUP), x+150 pp. 052159247X; Canto edition 1998 0521629942

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 3rd edn, vi+1303 pp+maps. 0521584590

The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language (Cambridge: CUP), paperback edition vii+489 pp. 0521596556

1998

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP), 3rd edn xx+891 pp. 0521562538; 0521637708

(ed) The Cambridge biographical encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edn, xi+1179 pp. 0521630991

Language play (Harmondsworth: Penguin), x+249 pp. 0140273859

(With R. Varley) Introduction to language pathology (London: Whurr), 4th edn, xvii+267 pp.  1861560710

1999

The Penguin dictionary of language, 2nd edn of the 1992 Encyclopedic dictionary (Harmondsworth: Penguin), vii+390 pp. 0140514163

The Cambridge paperback encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 3rd edn, viii+1071 pp. 052166800X

2000

(With Hilary Crystal) Words on  words: Quotations on language and languages (Harmondsworth: Penguin),  xi+580 pp.  0140291342

Language death (Cambridge: CUP), x+198 pp. 0521653215

Spanish translation, 2001, La muerte de las lenguas (Madrid: Cambridge University Press), 218 pp. 848323344

Galician translation, 2003, A morte das linguas (Vigo: Editorial Galaxia), 261 pp. 8482886223

Serbian translation, 2003, Smrt jezika (Belgrade: eke XX Vek), 262 pp. 8675620233

Lithuanian translation, 2005, Kalbos myrtis (Vilnius: Tyto alba), 204 pp. 998616446

Turkish translation, 2007, Dillerin Katli (Istanbul: Profil Yayincilik), 230 pp. 9789759961145

(With Hilary Crystal) John Bradburne’s Mutemwa (Holy Island Press / John Bradburne Memorial Society), 38 pp. 0951306359

Happenings (Holy Island Press), 66 pp. 0951306367

Who Cares About English Usage (Harmondsworth: Penguin), updated edition, 128 pp. 0140289518

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 4th edn, vi+1336 pp+maps. 0521790999

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP), 4th edn, xx+938 pp. 0521794358

A history of the English language, ed Kimiyuki Nishide, adaptation of Part 1 of CEEL (Tokyo: Seibido), iv + 216 pp. 4791936086

2001

Language and the Internet (Cambridge: CUP), ix+272 pp. 0521802121

Spanish translation, 2002, El lenguaje e Internet (Madrid: Cambridge University Press), 304 pp. 8483232561

Simplified Chinese edition, 2006 (Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publising House), 7542827634

2002

The English language (London: Penguin), 2nd edn. xii+312 pp. 0141003960

(With Ben Crystal) Shakespeare’s words (London: Penguin), xxviii+650 pp. 0141007370
US edition by Penguin Putnam, 2002

(ed) The new Penguin encyclopedia (London: Penguin), x+1688 pp. 0141009179

The world of language (Tokyo: Shohakusha), iv+142 pp. 4881985302 (selections from CEL 2nd edn by Hajime Narita)

2003

A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (Oxford: Blackwell), 5th edn, xxv+508 pp. 063122663X; paperback 0631226648

(ed) The new Penguin factfinder (London: Penguin), xx+938 pp. 0141011092

English as a global language (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edn, xv+212 pp. 0521823471; paperback 0521530326

Complex Chinese edition, 2007, Owl Publishing House, 9789867001412; Italian translation: L'inglese come lingua globale (Pari: Pari Publishing, 2010) 9788895604077

The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edn, vii+499 pp. 052182348X; paperback 0521530334

(ed) The Penguin concise encyclopedia (London: Penguin), x+1028 pp. 0141011106

2004

(With Ben Crystal) Shakespeare’s Words (London: Penguin), paperback edition with corrections and additions, xxviii+650 pp. 0140291172

The stories of English (London: Penguin), viii+565 pp. h/b 0713997524; p/b 014101593 4
US h/b edition, New York: Overlook Press, 1585676012; p/b 1585677191

The language revolution (Cambridge: Polity Press), ix+142 pp. h/b 0745633129; p/b 0745633137

Spanish translation: La revolución del lenguaje (Madrid: Alianza, 2005), 167 pp. 8420647306

Basque translation: Hizkuntzaren iraultza (Donostia: Erein, 2007), 156 pp. 9788497463881

A glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press), 197 pp. h/b 0748621199; p/b 0748619828

Rediscover grammar (London: Pearson Longman), 3rd edn. 254 pp. 0582848628

Making sense of grammar (London: Pearson Longman), 400 pp. 0582848636

(ed) The Penguin encyclopedia (London: Penguin), 2nd edn. x+1698 pp. 0140515437

John Bradburne's book of days (Leominster: John Bradburne Memorial Society), 370 pp. 0951306383

(ed) The Penguin book of facts (London: Penguin), xx+939 pp. 0141018577

2005

(With Ben Crystal) The Shakespeare Miscellany (London: Penguin), x+214 pp. 0140515550

Pronouncing Shakespeare (Cambridge: CUP), xviii+188 pp. 0521852137

Dr Johnson's Dictionary: an Anthology (London: Penguin Classics), xlv+650 pp. 0713998873; p/b 2006, 0141441577

(ed) Pocket spelling dictionary (London: Penguin Reference), xii+355 pp. 0141021101

(ed) Pocket quotations (London: Penguin Reference), vi+304 pp. 0141021128

(ed) Pocket facts (London: Penguin Reference), xii+436 pp. 014102111X

(ed) The Penguin concise encyclopedia (London: Penguin Reference), 2nd edn, x+1045 pp. 0141017066

2006

How language works (London: Penguin), xii + 500 pp. 0140515380; UK p/b (2007) 978 0141015521
US edition New York: Overlook Press, 978 1 58567 848 8; Chinese translation (Owl Publishing House, 2010) 9789862620304

Words, words, words (Oxford: OUP), viii + 216 pp. 0198614446; p/b 2007, 978 0199210770

Language and the Internet (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edn, ix + 316 pp. 0521868599

(ed) The Penguin encyclopedia (London: Penguin), 3rd edn. x + 1488 pp. 014051578X

The fight for English (Oxford: OUP), xi + 239 pp. 019920764X; p/b (2007) 0 199 22969 4 (97780199229697)

As they say in Zanzibar (London: HarperCollins), 717 pp. 000721202X; US edition (Oxford) 9780195374506

(ed) Pocket kings and queens (London: Penguin Reference), ix + 351 pp. 0141027169

(ed) Pocket famous people (London: Penguin Reference), ix + 346 pp. 0141027177

(ed) Pocket on this day (London: Penguin Reference), ix + 367 pp. 0141027150

2007

By hook or by crook: a journey in search of English (London: HarperCollins), xiv + 314 pp. 9780007235582; p/b (2007) with 14-page PS section, 9780007235575; [US p/b with new title, Walking English: a journey in search of language (New York: Overlook Press, 2009) 9781590202630]

(ed) The Penguin factfinder (London: Penguin), 3rd edn. xx + 939 pp. 9780141026220

The story of Ucheldre (Holyhead: Holy Island Press), 72 pp. 0951306383

John Bradburne's birds, bees and beasts (Holyhead: Holy Island Press), iv + 156 pp. 9780951306390

(ed) The Penguin Concise Encyclopedia (London: Penguin Reference), 3rd edn.

2008

Think on my words: an introduction to Shakespeare's language (Cambridge: CUP), xii + 254 pp. 978 0521876940

Txting: the gr8 db8 (Oxford: OUP), ix + 239 pp. 9780199544905; (p/b) (2009) 9780199571338; Chinese translation, Taipei: Good Morning Press (2010), 250 pp. 9789866613180; Korean translation, Alma Publishing (2011), 279 pp. 9788994963112

A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (Oxford: Blackwell), 6th edn, xxv + 529 pp. (h/b) 9781405152969; (p/b) 9781405152976

2009

Just a phrase I'm going through: my life in language (London: Routledge), xi + 285 pp. (h/b) 9780415485753; (p/b) 9780415485746; (e/b) 9780203878491

The future of language, three lectures on DVD with accompanying book (London: Routledge), vi + 184 pp. (dvd) 9780415484909; (p/b) 9780415550611

(ed) Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage, first edition, with new introduction and notes, Oxford World Classics (Oxford: OUP), 784 pp. 9780199535347

John Bradburne on love (Holyhead: Holy Island Press). 978095619730 6

Walking English: a journey in search of language (New York: Overlook Press), 2009 [US p/b edition with new title for By hook or by crook: a journey in search of English (2007) 9781590202630]

2010

A little book of language (London: Yale) 272 pp. 9780300155334; Greek translation (Athens: Patakis, 2011). 9789601640334

Roberta Facchinetti, David Crystal and Barbara Seidlhofer (eds), From international to local English - and back again (Bern: Peter Lang) 268 pp. 9783034300117

The Cambridge encyclopedia of language, 3rd edn (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) (h/b) 9780521516983, (p/b) 9780521736503

Begat: the King James Bible and the English language (Oxford: Oxford University Press) 327 pp. 9780199585854, (p/b) 2011, 9780199695188

Evolving English: one language, many voices. An illustrated history of the English language (London: British Library) 159 pp. 9780712350990

2011

Internet linguistics: a student guide (London: Routledge) 179 pp. 9780415602686, (p/b) 9780415602716

The story of English in 100 words (London: Profile) xxi + 260 pp. 9781846684272; audio book from Audiogo, 7 hr 55 min. 9781445865195

2012

Spell it Out: the story of English spelling [working title] (London: Profile)