Book description now in its third edition the cambridge encyclopedia of the english language provides the most comprehensive coverage of the history structure and worldwide use of english fully updated and expanded with a fresh redesigned layout and over sixty audio resources to bring language extracts to life it covers all aspects of the . The cambridge encyclopedia of the english language is one of the publishing phenomena of recent times rarely has a book so packed with accurate and well researched factual information been so widely read and popularly acclaimed this second edition now presents an overhaul of the subject for a new generation of language lovers. Organized by topic and full of interesting images and diagrams the cambridge encyclopedia of the english language is exactly what your coffee table has been missing most topics are covered in just two pages so they can be read in small bits you can really open it up to any page and find something interesting. The cambridqe encyclopedia is an excellent book that students of language will find instructive and in many places entertaining the encycropedia contains scholarly treatments of numerous topics related to language and the author has achieved just the right balance in combining technical sophistication comprehensiveness and overall readability