A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reader, but especially for English-speaking students of language and linguistics in institutions where English is the language of instruction, or advanced specialist students of English in universities where English is taught as a foreign language.<br/>
David Crystal Professorial Fellow, University College of North Wales, Bangor. Derek Davy Department of English, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.