Books
What is linguistics? (London: Edward Arnold, 1968), viii + 84 pp. 0 7131 5381 4; 0 7131 5382 2; Japanese edition with notes, 1969 (Tokyo: Shinozaki Shorin), No ISBN
What is linguistics? (London: Edward Arnold, 1969), 2nd edn viii + 88 pp. (Reprinted with amendments, 1971) 0 7131 5482 9; 0 7131 5483 7; Japanese translation (1975), 1382 260012 5625
What is linguistics? (London: Edward Arnold), 3rd edn viii + 83 pp. 0 7131 5741 0 (Reprinted with amendments, 1977, 1982); Portuguese translation 1981, Que é lingüística? (Rio de Janeiro: Ao Livro Técnico S/A), xii+60 pp. 85 215 0052 1
What is linguistics? (London: Edward Arnold, 1985), 4th edn x + 83 pp. 0 7131 6443 3
Linguistics (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1971), 250 pp. (Revised edition, 1981) 0 14 021332 5; Portuguese translation 1973, A linguística (Lisbon: Dom Quixote), 322 pp. No ISBN; German translation 1975, Einführung in die Linguistik (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer), 232 pp. 3 17 001368 8
Linguistics (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985), 2nd edn 276 pp. 0 14 022640 0 Japanese translation, 1988, 4 523 30052 6
A first dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (London: Deutsch, 1980), 390 pp. 0 233 97087 8; 0 233 97326 5
A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (Oxford: Blackwell), 2nd edn 340 pp. 0 631 14079 4; 0 631 14081 6; Serbo-Croatian translation, 1987, Enciklopedijski recnik moderne lingvistike (Belgrade: Nolit), 293 pp. [Dejvid Kristal] 86 19 01579 6; Portuguese translation, 1988, Dicionário de lingüística e fonética (Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar), 275 pp. 85 7110 025 X
A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics Oxford: Blackwell, 1991), 3rd edn 389 pp. 0 631 17869 4; 0 631 17871 6
A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (Oxford: Blackwell, 1996), 4th edn, xvii+426 pp. 0 631 20096 7; 0 631 20097 5; Greek translation, 2000 (Athens: Ekdoseis Pataki), 960 16 0859 1
A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (Oxford: Blackwell, 2001), 5th edn, xx+448 pp. 0 631 22664 8
Directions in applied linguistics (London: Academic Press, 1981), vii+179 pp. 0 12 198420 6
(ed) Linguistic controversies (London: Edward Arnold, 1982), xiv+257 pp. 0 7131 6349 6
The Cambridge encyclopedia of language (Cambridge: CUP, 1987), vii+472 pp. 0 521 26438 3; 0 521 42443 7; Guild Publishing edition, 1988, No ISBN; Japanese translation, 1992 (Tokyo: Taishukan), 688 pp. 4 469 01202 5; German translation, 1993, Die Cambridge Enzyklopädie der Sprache (Frankfurt: Campus), ix+478 pp. 3 593 34824 1; student edition 1995, 3 593 35265 6; >Italian translation, 1993, Enciclopedia Cambridge delle scienze del linguaggio (Bologna: Zanichelli), ix+483 pp. 88 08 14078 4; Spanish translation, 1993, Enciclopedia del lenguaje (Madrid: Taurus), xi+475 pp. 84 306 0171 6; 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. 963 379 211 8
The Cambridge encyclopedia of language (Cambridge: CUP, 1997), 2nd edn vii+480 pp. 0 521 55050 5; paperback, 1998, 0 521 55967 7
An encyclopedic dictionary of language and languages (Oxford: Blackwell, 1992), 428 pp. 0 631 17652 7; paperback edition, 1994 (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 428 pp. 0 14 051234 9
The Penguin dictionary of language, 2nd edition of the 1992 Encyclopedic dictionary (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1999), vii+390 pp. 0 14 051416 3
Introducing linguistics (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1992), 77 pp. 0 14 081017 X
Language play (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1998), x+249. 0 14 027385 9
(With Hilary Crystal) Words on words: Quotations on language and languages (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 2000), xi+580 pp. 0 14 029134 2; paperback edition, 2001, 0 14 051418 X; US edition by Chicago University Press, 2000, 0 226 12201 8
The world of language (Tokyo: Shohakusha, 2002), iv+142 pp. 4 88198 530 2 (selections from CEL 2nd edition by Hajime Narita)
The language revolution(Cambridge: Polity Press), ix+142 pp. h/b 0 7456 3312 9; papreback 0 7456 3313 7. Spanish translation: La revolución del lenguaje (Madrid: Alianza, 2005), 167 pp. 84 206 4730 6. Basque translation: Hizkuntzaren iraultza (Donostia: Erein, 2007), 156 pp. 978 84 9746 388 1
How language works (London: Penguin), xii+500 pp. 0 140 51538 0
Editorships (journals and series)
Language Research in Progress (Linguistics Association of Great Britain, 1966-70)
Penguin Linguistics (Penguin Books, 1968-75)
The Language Library (Blackwells, 1978- )
Applied Language Studies (Academic Press, 1980-84)
Linguistics Abstracts (Blackwells, 1985-96)
(Associate editor) Journal of Linguistics (CUP, 1970-3)
(Co-editor) Applied Language Studies (Blackwells, 1986-95)
Articles and contributions
A perspective for paralanguage. Le Maître Phonétique 120, 1963, 25-9
An approach to a reply. Le Maître Phonétique 122, 1964, 23-4
Words and work. Talk, BBC Home Service, March 1965.
(with Randolph Quirk) On scales of contrast in English connected speech. In C.E. Bazell, et al. (eds), In memory of J.R. Firth (London: Longman, 1966), 359-69
The linguistic status of prosodic and paralinguistic features. Proceedings of the University of Newcastle-upon Tyne Philosophical Society 1 (8), 1966, 93-108
(ed) Language Research in Progress, Vol. 1 (Linguistics Association of Great Britain, 1966), 38 pp [now in LAGB archive]
Recent developments in linguistics. BBC Foreign Service; reprinted in English by Radio, May, 1966
(ed) Language Research in Progress, Vol. 2 (Linguistics Association of Great Britain, 1967), 40 pp [now in LAGB archive]
Degree courses in linguistics. Revue de Phonétique Appliquée, 1968
The place of linguistics as a social science. Memorandum to Social Science Research Council, 1968
A forgotten English tone - an alternative analysis. Le Maître Phonétique 132, 34-7
(ed) Language Research in Progress, Vol. 3 (Linguistics Association of Great Britain, 1969), 43 pp [now in LAGB archive]
New perspectives for language study: II Semiotics, English Language Teaching 24, 1970, 209-15
(ed) Language Research in Progress, Vol. 4 (Linguistics Association of Great Britain, 1970), 37 pp [now in LAGB archive]
Prosodic systems and language acquisition. In P.R. Léon, G. Faure & A. Rigault (eds), Prosodic feature analysis (Montreal: Didier), 77-90
Intonation and semantic structure. In Actes du Xe Congrès International des Linguistes (Bucharest), 415-22
Relative and absolute in intonation analysis, Journal of the International Phonetics Association 1, 1971, 17-28. Reprinted in The English tone of voice
Prosodic and paralinguistic correlates of social categories. In E. Ardener (ed), Social anthropology (London: Tavistock, 1971), ASA Monographs 10, 185-206
Current trends in Chomsky. New Blackfriars 53 (620), 1972, 23-32
Non-segmental phonology in language acquisition. Lingua 32, 1973, 1-45. Revised in The English Tone of Voice
Intonation and metrical theory. Transactions of the Philological Society, 1-33. Reprinted in The English Tone of Voice
Linguistics and the social sciences. SSRC Report, reprinted in Sociolinguistics Newsletter (October 1973), 1-22
Paralinguistics. In T.A. Sebeok (ed), Current trends in linguistics 12, 1974 (The Hague: Mouton), 265-95
Intonation and linguistic theory. In K.H. Dahlstedt (ed), The Nordic languages and modern linguistics 2 (Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1975), 267-303
Paralinguistics. In J. Benthall & T. Polhemus (eds), The body as a medium of expression (London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1975), 162-74
Paralinguistic behaviour as continuity between animal and human communication. In W.C. McCormack & S.A. Wurm (eds), Language and man: anthropological issues (The Hague: Mouton, 1976), 13-27. Reprinted (sic) in English Tone of Voice, 1975
Linguistics entries. In A. Bullock & O. Stalleybrass (eds), A dictionary of modern thought (London: Fontana, 1978). 2nd edn, 1988
Language and communication. In Library of Modern Knowledge (London: Readers Digest Association, 1978), 870-99
The analysis of nuclear tones. In L.R. Waugh & C.H. Van Schooneveld (eds), The melody of language: intonation and prosody (Baltimore: UPP, 1979), 55-70
Pseudo-controversy in linguistic theory. In D. Crystal (ed), Linguistic controversies (London: Arnold, 1982), 16-24
Talking about linguistics with David Crystal. Interview by P. Dominguez, Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses 5, 1982, 113-28
Action, reaction and inaction in applied linguistics. BAAL Newsletter 17, 1983, 22-9
Facts on language and communication. In Readers Digest Book of Facts, 1985
Authentic what, who(m) and when. In J.A. Fishman, et al. (eds), The Fergusonian impact, Vol. I: From phonology to society (Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1986), 411-18
Linguistics and language study. In S. Barbour (ed), Linguistics in German teaching - luxury or necessity. Modern German Studies 3, 1986, 3-9
Linguistic strangeness. In Margaret Bridges (ed), On strangeness (Tübingen: Narr), Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature 5, 1990, 109-20
Glossary entries. In W. Bright (ed), International Encyclopedia of Linguistics 4 (New York: OUP, 1992), 273-348
The structure of language. In R. Beard (ed), Teaching literacy: balancing perspectives, 1993, 15-21. Revised reprint of Ch. 1 of Language Review 1, 5-8
Speaking of writing and writing of speaking. Longman Language Review 1, 1995, 5-8
Playing with linguistic problems: from Orwell to Plato and back again. In J.E. Alatis, et al., Proceedings of the Georgetown Round Table in Language and Linguistics 1996, 1-25
Reithed in gloom. English Today 47, 1996, 38-40. Based on Independent on Sunday article, 11 February
Language: medium, barrier, or Trojan horse? Conference on Cultural Diplomacy at the Crossroads: Cultural Relations in Europe and the Wider World, Wilton House, 26 November 1997
Towards a typographical linguistics. Type 2(1), Spring 1998, 7-23
Isaac Pitman: the linguistic legacy. English Today 55, 1998, 12-19. (Paper given to the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath, June 1997.)
From Scrabble to Drabble via Babble. The Independent (Review), 13 August 1998, 7
From Scrabble to Babble: reflections on language attitudes and language play. In W. Kühlwein (ed), Language as Structure and Language as Process: In Honour of Gerhard Nickel (Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 1998), 33-45.
Stop talking. New Scientist, 19/26 December 1998, 87
Carrolludicity. Paper to Lewis Carroll Phenomenon, University of Cardiff, April 1998
Quote - unquote. e magazine 2, March 1999, 46-7
Loving linguistic ludicity. University of Berne centenary publication, 1999. (based on Language Play)
Too few words for the future. The Age, Extra (Melbourne), 14 August 1999, 8. [Original title: Writing about writing about language]
Linguistics and English language. Which Course? 28 (4), 1999, 16-17, 21 (Dominion Press)
A new linguistic world. In Keith Ryan (ed.), The Official Commemorative Album for the Millennium (London: Citroen Wolf Publications, 1999), 228-31
A language revolution: from reluctance to renaissance. Conflation of papers given to British Council conference in Cardiff, 30 September 2001 (on its Web site), and EYL World Language Day in Strasbourg, 26 September, 2001. [part rewritten for Chapter 4 of The Language Revolution, 2004]
Verbal reasoning. Subject Scan in Which Course, 2000, 26-7
Linguistics: overview. In N.J. Smelser and P.B. Bates (eds), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Pergamon), 8948-54
David Crystal. In Keith Brown, Vivien Law and R.H. Robins (eds), Linguistics in Britain: personal histories (London: Philological Society, 2002), 91-103
Talking about time. In Katinka Ridderbos (ed), Time (Darwin College Cambridge Lecture Series 2000; Cambridge: CUP, 2002), 105-25
Final frontiers in applied linguistics? 2002 BAAL Pit Corder Lecture. In S. Sarangi and T. van Leeuwen (eds), Applied Linguistics and Communities of practice (London: Continuum, 2003), 9-24
Coping with change in applied linguistics. In conversation with Christopher Brumfit. Journal of Applied Linguistics 1.3, 2004, 383-98 [appeared in 2006]
Reviews
G. Colson, Voice production and speech, Prompt 3, 1963, 34-5
D. Abercrombie, et al. (eds), In honour of Daniel Jones, Le Maître Phonétique 122, 1964, 26-7
G. Steiner, Language and silence, The Tablet, 1967
J.A. van Ek, Four complementary structures of predication, Lingua 22, 1969, 400-407
M.A.K. Halliday, Intonation and English grammar, Language 45, 1969, 378-93
M. Black, The labyrinth of language, New Blackfriars, August 1969, 613-14
W. Ong, The presence of the word, Archivum Linguisticum, New Series 1, 1970
J. Wallwork, Language and Linguistics, Journal of Linguistics 6, 1970, 307-8
W. Lehmann, A Reader in Nineteenth-Century Historical Indo-European Linguistics, Journal of Linguistics 6, 1970, 156-7
J. Searle, Speech Acts, New Blackfriars, December 1970, 581-2
G. Steiner, Extraterritorial, The Tablet, May 1972
W.P. Robinson, Language and social behaviour, The Sociological Review 21 (3), 1973, 502-4
E. Benveniste, Indo-European language and society, The Tablet, September 1973
P. Lieberman, The speech of primates, Journal of Linguistics 10, 1974, 330-3
R. Harris, The language myth, The Listener, 2727, 17 September 1981, 311
F. Parker, Linguistics for non-linguists, Speech Therapy in Practice, March 1987, 22
J.W. Black, et al., The use of words in context, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 3(3), 1987, 366-7
D.L. Bolinger, Intonation and its parts, Times Literary Supplement, 29 August 1986, 949
S. & C. Modgil, Noam Chomsky: consensus and controversy, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 3(3), 1987, 369
J.M. Valdes, Culture bound, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 3(3), 1987, 369
J. Aitchison, Words in the mind, English Today 14, 1988, 60-1
M. Agar, Language shock, Times Higher Education Supplement, 11 November 1994, 34
G. R. McMenamin, Forensic linguistics, Language 71 (2), 1995, 381-5
J. Laver, Principles of phonetics, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 12 (2), 1996, 255-6
Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics (3 books), Child Language Teaching and Therapy 12 (3), 1996, 370 4
A. Sealey, Learning about language, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 12 (3), 1996, 374
P. Scofield, Quantifying language, Child Language Teaching and Therapy 12 (3), 1996, 377
Umberto Eco, The search for the perfect language, Journal of Sociolinguistics 1 (1), 1997, 134-7
R. Harris, The language connection and R. Harris (ed) The origin of language, Times Higher Education Supplement, 6 June 1997, 22
R. Harris, The language myth, The Listener
R. Posner, K. Robering & T. A. Sebeok (eds), Semiotik/Semiotics, in Times Higher Education Supplement, 1998
Forked tongues. Review article on Umberto Eco, Serendipities: Language and Lunacy and Alberto Manguel, Into the Looking-Glass Wood, in The Australian's Review of Books, 11 August 1999
Tore Janson, A Short History of Languages; Andrew Dalby, Language in Danger; John McWhorter, The Power of Babel Times Higher Education Supplement, 14 June 2002, 25
