Books
(ed, with W.F. Bolton) The English language: essays by linguists and men of letters, Vol. 2 1858-1964 (Cambridge: CUP, 1969), xiii+325 pp. 0 521 07325 1; 0 521 09545 X
(ed) Eric Partridge: in his own words (London: Deutsch/New York: Macmillan, 1980), 251 pp. 0 233 97300 1; 0 02 528960 8
Who cares about English usage? (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1984), 124 pp. 0 14 02.2544 7; 0 14 008315 4; Japanese translation, 1985, no ISBN; Japanese translation, 1986, 4 385 43129 9
(ed, with W.F. Bolton) The English language, Sphere History of Literature, 10 (London: Sphere, 1987), ix +362 pp. (Revision of W.F. Bolton, 1975) 0 7221 7977 4; reprinted, 1993 (Harmondsowrth: Penguin), 0 14 017760 4
The English language (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1988), x+288 pp. 0 14 013532 4; 0 14 022730 X; Japanese translation 1989, 4 314 00522 X; Korean translation 1992, no ISBN; Japanese part adaptation, 1990, as The uses of English (Tokyo: Eihosha), 102 pp, no ISBN; Japanese part adaptation, 1990, as The English language (Tokyo: Kirihara Shoten), 107 pp. 4 342 52000 1
Making sense of English usage (Edinburgh: Chambers, 1991), xii+127 pp. 0 550 18036 2; China edition 1993, 7 5062 1568 3
The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language (Cambridge: CUP, 1995), vii+489 pp. 0 521 40179 8; paperback edition, 1997, vii+489 pp. 0 521 59655 6
English: the global language (Washington: US English, 1996), x+134 pp. No ISBN
English as a global language (Cambridge: CUP, 1997), x+150 pp. 0 521 59247 X; Canto edition, 1998, 0 521 62994 2; Russian edition, 2001 (Vesmir), 5 7777 0114 0; Japanese edition with notes, Tokyo: Shohakusha, 2000, 4 88198 492 6; Chinese edition, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2001, 7 5600 2369 X
Who cares about English usage? (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 2000), updated edition, 128 pp. 0 14 028951 8
A history of the English language, ed Kimiyuki Nishide, adaptation of Part 1 of CEEL (Tokyo: Seibido, 2000), iv + 216 pp. 4 7919 3608 6
The English language (London: Penguin, 2002), 2nd edition, xii+312 pp. 0 14 100396 0
English as a global language (Cambridge: CUP, 2003), 2nd edition, xv+212 pp. 0 521 82347 1; paperback edition 0 521 53032 6; Complex Chinese edition, 2007 (Owl Publishing), 978 986 7001 41 2
The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language (Cambridge: CUP, 2003), 2nd edition, vii+499 pp. 0 521 82348 X; paperback edition 0 521 53033 4
The stories of English (London: Penguin, 2004), viii+565 pp. 0 713 99752 4; paperback edition 0 141 01593 4. US h/b edition, New York: Overlook Press, 1 58567 601 2; p/b 1 58567 719 1
Words, words, words (Oxford: OUP, 2006), viii+216 pp. 0 19 861444 6
The fight for English (Oxford: OUP, 2006), xi+239 pp. 0 19 920764 X
By hook or by crook: a journey in search of English (London: HarperCollins), xiv + 314 pp. 978 0 00 723558 2; p/b (2007) with 14-page PS section, 978 0 00 723557 5
Editorships
Making Sense of English (Chambers, 1990-3)
Articles and contributions
A language must change, to keep pace with society. Liverpool Daily Post, 16 May 1963, 9
Standard English and its variants. In B. Pattison (ed), The mind of man (London: Grolier, 1966), 82-6
Etymology. In B. Pattison (ed), The mind of man (London: Grolier, 1966), 101-5
Specification and English tenses. Journal of Linguistics 2, 1966, 1-34
English. In Word classes (special volume of Lingua) 17, 1967, 24-56
English accents, English teaching (Rio de Janeiro: The British Council, 1967) 1, 3-9
Would you have marked it wrong? and Fachfrage, Praxis des neusprachlichen Unterrichts 15, 1968: 209-10, 285, 309-12, 402, 422-5
Would you have marked it wrong? and Fachfrage, Praxis des neusprachlichen Unterrichts 16, 1969: 91, 121, 200, 228-31, 325, 350-1, 427, 454-5
Would you have marked it wrong? and Fachfrage, Praxis des neusprachlichen Unterrichts 17, 1970: 60, 97-100, 102-3, 191, 208-10, 311, 326-8, 419, 441-3.
Would you have marked it wrong? and Fachfrage, Praxis des neusprachlichen Unterrichts 18, 1971: 68, 95-6, 98-9, 200, 215-16, 260, 326-7, 330-2, 402, 434-6
The complexity of spoken English. Speech and Drama 21, 1972, 2-6
Syntax matters. Proceedings of the National Conference of Teachers of the Deaf 1972
Would you have marked it wrong? and Fachfrage, Praxis des neusprachlichen Unterrichts 19, 1972: 57, 69-70, 166, 173-4, 219, 282, 289-90, 330-1, 390, 397, 437
Would you have marked it wrong? and Fachfrage, Praxis des neusprachlichen Unterrichts 20, 1973: 53, 60-1, 101, 156, 162-3, 213, 328.
The nature of advanced conversation: stereotype and reality in linguistics and language teaching. IRAL Sonderband, Kongressbericht der 4 Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für angewandte Linguistik (Heidelberg: Gross, 1974), 1-20. Used as part of Crystal & Davy, 1975. Reprinted in Directions in Applied Linguistics
Would you have marked it wrong? and Fachfrage, Praxis des neusprachlichen Unterrichts 21, 1974: 62, 164-5, 282, 386-7, 433-4
American English in Europe. In C. Bigsby (ed), Superculture: American popular culture and Europe (London: Elek), 57-68
Would you have marked it wrong? Praxis des neusprachlichen Unterrichts 22, 1975: 41, 50-1, 168, 178-80, 324-5, 362, 378-9
You said it. 2 scripts for BBC Radio 3, 1976
Neglected grammatical factors in conversational English. In S. Greenbaum, G. Leech & J. Svartvik (eds), Studies in English linguistics: for Randolph Quirk (London: Longman), 153-66
How dare you talk to me like that! Talk to BBC Radio 4, 4 July 1981; repeat 19 November, 6 January 1982. Printed in The Listener, 2719, 9 July 1981, 37-9
Fact and fiction in contemporary English. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, June 1982, 395-401
Speak out! 3 talks for Radio 4, June 1982
Speak out! 10 talks for Radio 4, August-October 1982
Usage notes to Readers Digest Great Illustrated Dictionary (1984); adapted for Making Sense of English Usage (Chambers)
English now. 6 talks for Radio 4, May-July 1984
Commentary on 'The English language in a global context'. In R. Quirk & H. Widdowson (eds), English in the world (Cambridge: CUP, 1985), 9-10
How many millions? English Today 1, 1985, 7-10
To use or not to use ... English Today 1, 1985, 27
The reason why ... English Today 2, 1985, 30
A case of the split infinitives. English Today 3, 1985, 16-17
The past, present and future of English parsing. English Today 3, 1985, 21-5
Language, life, the universe ... English Today 4, 1985, 37-8
Index to A comprehensive grammar of the English language (London: Longman, 1985)
English now (second series). 10 talks for Radio 4, April-July 1985
I shall and I will. English Today 5, 1986, 42-4
The best tense we ever had. English Today 6, 1986, 28
Taboo or not taboo: grin and swear it. English Today 7, 1986, 34-5
Literacy 2000. English Today 8, 1986, 9-13
English now (3rd series). 10 talks for Radio 4, May-July 1986
On the track of language change. Practical English Teaching, December 1986, 57
Balancing on the edge of language. Practical English Teaching, March 1987, 57
Grumbling about grammar. Practical English Teaching, June 1987, 59
A pronounced change in British speech. Practical English Teaching, September 1987, 57
The hunting of the talk. English Today 9, 1987, 40
Safety in numbers. English Today 10, 1987, 41
How many words? English Today 12, 1987, 11-14
Preface, and English Today. In M. Manser & N. Turton, The Penguin Wordmaster Dictionary (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987)
Trade descriptions apt. Reader's Digest, May 1987, 75
(With Tom McArthur) The story of English. 18 scripts for BBC World Service, 1987
Another look at, well, you know ... English Today 13, 1988, 47-9
What was that again? English Today 14, 1988, 52-3
On keeping one's hedges in order. English Today 15, 1988, 46-7
Why did he say it? English Today 17, 1989, 41-2
The grammarians reply: little need to worry. English Today 18, 1989, 12-13
Coining it (lexically). English Today 24, 1990, 45-6
Having it up to here: the asymmetrical lexicon. English Today 28, 1991, 43-4
The changing English language. NELLE Newsletter 2 (1), October 1991, 2-4. Reprinted in LEND: lingua e nuova didattica 21, 1992, 13-17
The changing English language: fiction and fact. In M. Pütz (ed), Thirty years of linguistic evolution (Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1992), 119-30
Your turn. English Today 32, 1992, 43-4
You know 'you know'? TESOL Greece Newsletter 35, July-September 1992, 9-11
Entries in T. McArthur (ed), Oxford Companion to the English Language (Oxford: OUP, 1992)
What's in a name, Bob. English Today 36, 1993, 53-4
Contributions to Wordpower: A-Z of Usage; Language Lobbies; Declining standards The Sunday Times, March 1993
Which English - or English Which? In M. Hayhoe & S. Parker (eds), Who owns English? (Open University Press, 1994), 108-14
Documenting rhythmical change. In J. Windsor Lewis (ed), Studies in general and English phonetics (London: Routledge, 1994), 174-9
What is Standard English? Concorde (English Speaking Union), 1994, 24-6
Phonaesthetically speaking. English Today 42, 1995, 8-12
In search of English: a traveller's guide. ELT Journal 49 (2), 1995, 107-21. The Oxford/BBC ELT Lecture, October 1993. Adapted version for the Andrew Wilkinson Memorial Lecture, Norwich 1994 (see 1997 below)
On having one's fate ceeled. Paper for the launch of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, Royal Society of Arts, 4 May 1995
Swimming with the tide in a sea of language change. Australian Language Matters 1996
Reflecting linguistic change. The Teacher Trainer 10 (1), 1996, 15-16
Sticking together; It's its; New words for old; Off colour?; No grammar? No way; Fly BA to LA?; Look it up. Items for the Better English Campaign press pack
Reflecting linguistic change. The Teacher Trainer 10 (1), 1996, 15-16
The past, present and future of English rhythm. In M. Vaughan-Rees, Changes in pronunciation(special issue of Speak Out!), IATEFL, 1996, 8-13
Reithed in gloom. English Today 47, 1996, 38-40. Based on Independent on Sunday article, 11 February 1996
World English: How? Why? When? Where? Which? Whither? English Language Teaching News 31, 1997 (The British Council and IATEFL), 52-75; also in ELT Links (Vienna Symposium, 1996), 9-14
American lessons. Business Traveller, March 1997, 40-1. [Original title: Do you speak American?]
Watching World English grow, IATEFL Nesletter, 1997; adapted for Concorde 5, English Speaking Union, Autumn 1997, 6-7
In search of English: a traveller's guide. In Language, Literacy, Literature and Life, first and second Andrew Wilkinson Memorial Lectures (University of East Anglia), 1997, 2-20. [Adaptation of 1995 paper.]
The language that took over the world. [not my title], The Guardian, 22 February, 21. Reprinted in Spotlight (Germany), 7, 1997, 12-16 (+ cassette)
Essential grammar. In The Longman Essential Activator (London: Addison Wesley Longman, 1997), 911-936
Introduction to The ELT Guide, 1997
The future of English: where unity and diversity meet. In S. Troudi, C. Coombe & S. Riley (eds), Unity through Diversity, Proceedings of TESOL Arabia '98, 1-11; adapted as 'The future of English' in D. Lynch & A. Pilbeam (eds), Heritage and Progress, Proceedings of the SIETAR Europa Congress 1998 (Bath: LTS Training and Consulting, 2000), 6-16
Taking care of the sense. Longman Language Review, 4, 1998, 2-4
Moving towards an English family of languages? Folia Anglistica (Festschrift for Olga S Akhmanova) (Moscow: Moscow State University, 1998), 84-95; part adapted for British Council Conference
Still finicking with trifles, largely. Otto Jespersen Memorial Lecture, 1996, in A. Zettersten, V.H. Pedersen & J.E. Mogensen (eds), Symposium on Lexiography 8 (Tubingen: Niemeyer), 37-47
On trying to be Crystal-clear: a response to Phillipson. The European English Messenger. 8(1), 1999, 59-65; reprinted with alterations [and toned down by editor!] in Applied Linguistics, 2000, 415-23
'From out in left field? That's not cricket.' Finding a focus for the language curriculum. In R.S. Wheeler (ed), Working with Language (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1999), 91-105
The future of Englishes. In Chris Kennedy (ed), Innovation and best practice (London: Longman, 1999), 9-22 (proceedings of British Council conference, July 1998); reprinted in English Today 15, 10-20; and adapted in Anne Burns & Caroline Coffin (eds), Analysing English in a Global Context: a Reader (Routledge, 2001), 53-64
Quote - unquote. e magazine 2, March 1999, 46-7
The future of English: a Welsh perspective. TESOL New York, March 1999. [also tape]
World English: past, present, future. Paper to ASKO Europa-Stiftung symposium on Weltgesellschaft, Weltverkehrssprache, Weltkultur, 'Globalisierung vs. Fragmentierung', 11-13 June 1999, Otzenhausen; adapted to a German context for Bernd Huppauf Proceedings, 2002
Swimming with the tide in a sea of language change. IATEFL Issues 149, June-July, 2-4; adapted from Australian Language Matters 1996
A new linguistic world. In Keith Ryan (ed.), The Official Commemorative Album for the Millennium (London: Citroen Wolf Publications, 1999), 228-31
English in the New World. Financial Times Millennium Supplement, 1999
A thousand years of English. Sydney Morning Herald, 1999
En inglés en el nuevo milenio. Impresiones (The British Council, Madrid), Winter, 20-1
The future of English as a world language. English Speaking Union Conference, Sydney, 1999; shortened version in Concorde, January 2000, 4-7
Emerging Englishes. English Teaching Professional 14, 3-6, 2000; reworked version for Spotlight, as ‘English: Which Way Now?’, April 2000, 54-58; reproduced on e-mesh ltd web site, Nov 2000
The future of global English grammatical identity. Paper to Symposium on 'Grammar and Lexis', 40th anniversary of the Survey of English Usage, University of London, 2000. [adapted for 2nd edn of English as a Global Language]
Keypad shorthand [original title: TXT, NE1?]. In e magazine 11, 26-7
Global understanding for global English. Paper given to Moscow University conference on 'Global English for Global Understanding', May 2001, in Moscow State University Bulletin, 19.4, 2001, 13-28
English as a Classical language. Omnibus 42, 2001, 21-2
Beyond Babel. (DVD interview.) (Foreign Office: Infonation, 2001).
English at the crossroads. Interview in Spotlight, February 2001, 14-17
Interview. Part 2, focusing on English, in New Routes 13, 2001, 6-8
Broadcasting the standard language. In Richard Watts and Peter Trudgill (eds), Alternative histories of English: alternative perspectives (Routledge, 2002), 233-44
A brave new linguistic world. 125 Trinity: assessing the performance arts since 1877 (London: Trinity College), June 2002, 18-19
The Queen's English. Interview in Spotlight, June 2002, 18-22
English in the New World. Babylonia 1/2002, 16-17. [Revision of FT 1999 article; another version in Connecting (British Council, North India, West India, South India), November.]
Trying to keep up with English. Lingua Franca (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), November 2003
The past, present and future of World English. In Andreas Gardt and Bernd Hüppauf (eds), Globalization and the future of German (Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004), 27-46
Subcontinent raises its voice. Guardian Weekly: Learning English, 19-25 November 2004, 1-2
26 'minute' talks on new words in English: BBC Learning English: Keep Your English Up To Date, 2004. BBC Learning English
The history of English. Text prepared for the BBC Voices project website, November 2004
Mother-tongue India. Talk for Lingua Franca (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), January 2005
Communicating science in the 21st century. Paper for the English Speaking Union Science Conference on 'English and the Communication of Science', 10 March 2005. See 'English and the communication of science', Moderna Språk (centenary issue), 2006, 20-33
Single and double 'l'. Editing Matters (Society for Editors and Proofreaders), May/June 2005, 11
English worldwide. In R. Hogg and D. Denison (eds), A History of the English Language (Cambridge: CUP, 2006), 420-39
English and the communication of science. Moderna Språk C1 (centenary issue), 2006, 20-33 [adaptation of 2005 paper]
Into the twenty-first century. In Lynda Mugglestone (ed.), Oxford History of the English Language (Oxford: Oxford University Press, in press).
Watch your language: Top books on the history and use of English. Five Best: Wall Street Journal, 20 May 2006
A poll of the BBC's global audience reveals the appeal of quotations that mix sound and meaning. The Guardian Weekly, May 26-June 1, Vol 174/No23
The Fight for English. Two scripts for Lingua Franca, ABC, November 2006
Why read Old English literature? [with Richard North and Joe Allard] and The end of Old English, in Richard North and Joe Allard (eds), Beowulf and Other Stories (Harlow: Pearson Education), 1-25, 489-98
Edinburgh linguistry. [Five lexical items for the Edinburgh International Book Festival.] The Times 8 August 2007
24 'minute' talks on new words in English: BBC Learning English: Keep Your English Up To Date, series 2. BBC Learning English
Local Englishes. Europa Vicina, 17, March 2008, 3-5
Reviews
J.A. van Ek, Four complementary structures of predication, Lingua 22, 1969, 400-7.
H. Hartvigsson, On the intonation and position of the so-called sentence modifiers in present-day English, Journal of the International Phonetics Association 1, 1971, 102-6
R. Quirk, et al., A grammar of contemporary English, The Tablet, February 1973
D. Leith, A social history of English, The Listener, 1983
R. Quirk, et al, A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language, The Listener, 27 June 1985, 26
S. Greenbaum (ed), The English language today, and R. Quirk & H, Widdowson (eds), English in the World, English Today 5, 1986, 46-7
R. Burchfield, The English Language, The Month, January 1986, 34-5
R. McCrum, et al., The story of English, Sunday Telegraph, September 1986
D. Freeborn, A course book in English grammar. English Today 11, 1987, 42
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 2 for Japanese office of Longman (Maruzen)
S. Greenbaum & J. Whitcut, 3rd edition of Gowers The complete plain words, English Today 9, 1987, 42-3
J.E. Towell & H.E. Sheppard, Acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations dictionaries, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 3(3), 1987, 365-6
J.W. Black, et al., The use of words in context, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 3(3), 1987, 366-7
Roger Lass, The shape of English, Times Literary Supplement, 25-31 March 1988, 327.
S. Johansson & K. Hofland, Frequency analysis of English vocabulary and grammar, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 5(3), 1989, 366
A.C. Gimson, An introduction to the pronunciation of English, 4th edn, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 5(3), 1988, 367-8
L. Mugglestone, Talking proper, Times Higher Education Supplement, 7 July 1995, 19
E, Carney, A survey of English spelling, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 12 (2), 1996, 256
Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey Pullum The Cambridge grammar of the English language. The Indexer 23(2), 108-9
Manfred Görlach, A Dictionary of European Anglicisms and English in Europe , THES, 15 August 2003
Melvyn Bragg The Adventure of English. The Sunday Times, 12 October 2003, 48
