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. 0 7131 5381 4; 0 7131 5382 2

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

 

1969

Prosodic systems and intonation in English (Cambridge: CUP), viii+381 pp.  0 521 07387 1

What is linguistics? (London: Edward Arnold), 2nd edn viii + 88 pp.  (Reprinted with amendments, 1971) 0 7131 5482 9; 0 7131 5483 7  Japanese translation (1975), 1382 260012 5625

(With D. Davy) Investigating English style (London: Longman), xiv+260 pp.  0 253 33165 X

(ed, with W.F. Bolton) The English language: essays by linguists and men of letters, Vol. 2 1858-1964 (Cambridge: CUP), xiii+325 pp. 0 521 07325 1; 0 521 09545 X

1971

Linguistics (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 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

1974

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

1975

The English tone of voice: essays in intonation, prosody and paralanguage (London: Edward Arnold), ix+198 pp. 0 7131 5801 8; 0 7131 5802 6

(With D. Davy), Advanced conversational English (London: Longman), 170 pp.  0 582 55074 2; 0 582 56831 5 (tape); 0 582 79005 0 (cassette)

(With J. Bevington) Skylarks: a language development programme for 6--9-year-olds (London: Nelson), 48 booklets and teacher's notes. 0 17 412233 0

1976

Child language, learning and linguistics (London: Edward Arnold), 106 pp. 0 7131 5890 5; 0 7131 5891 3

Japanese translation, 1980.   1382 260023 5625

Spanish translation, 1981, Lenguaje infantil, aprendizaje y lingüistica (Barcelona: Editorial Médica y Técnica), ix+126 pp.   84 85298 63 2

(With P. Fletcher & M. Garman)  The grammatical analysis of language disability (London: Edward Arnold), vi+234 pp. ( Revised 1977, 1982) 0 7131 5842 5; 0 7131 5843

Spanish translation 1983, Analisis gramatical de los trastornos del lenguaje (Barcelona: Editorial Médica y Técnica), xii+300 pp. 084 85298 85 3

1979

Working with LARSP (London: Edward Arnold), viii+359 pp. 0 7131 6118 3

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

Heat    0 7131 0381 7

Light    0 7131 0380 9

Sound    0 7131 0379 5

Roads   0 7131 0377 9

Railways  NA

Canals    0 7131 0376 0

Monasteries   0 7131 0395 7

Manors  0 7131 0394 9

Castles    0 7131 0393 0

Money    0 7131 0390 6

Parliament    0 7131 0391 4

Newspapers    0 7131 0392 2

1980

(ed) Eric Partridge: in his own words (London: Deutsch/New York: Macmillan), 251 pp. 0 233 97300 1; 0 02 528960 8

Introduction to language pathology (London: Edward Arnold) 0 7131 6274 0; 0 7131 6275 9

Spanish translation 1983, Patalogia del lenguaje (Madrid: Cátedra), 272 pp. 84 376 0381 1

A first dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (London: Deutsch), 390 pp. 0 233 97087 8; 0 233 97326 5

1981

Clinical linguistics (Vienna & New York: Springer), Disorders of Human Communication 3, xii+228 pp. 3 211 81622 4; 0 387 81622 4  Paperback edition (London: Arnold) 0 7131 6506 5  Paperback edition (London: Whurr), with additional references, xiii+230 pp. 1 870332 65 2

Directions in applied linguistics (London: Academic Press), vii+179 pp.  0 12 198420 6

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

The Greeks   0 7131 0556

The Romans    0 7131 0554 2

The Ancient Egyptians    0 7131 0555 0

1982

Profiling linguistic disability (London: Edward Arnold), 218 pp.  0 7131 6354 2

(ed) Linguistic controversies (London: Edward Arnold), xiv+257 pp. 0 7131 6349 6

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

Air   0 7131 0633 6

Food   0 7131 0631 X

Volcanoes    0 7131 0632 8

1983

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

Deserts  0 7131 0828 2

Dinosaurs   0 7131 0829 0

Electricity   0 7131 0837 1

1984

Linguistic encounters with language handicap (Oxford: Blackwell), xi+171 pp. 0 631 13869 2 Paperback edition, 1987. 0 631 15493 0

Who cares about English usage? (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 124 pp.  0 14 02.2544 7; 0 14 008315 4

Japanese translation, 1985, No ISBN    Japanese translation, 1986, 4 385 43129 9

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  0 7131 0836 3

Computers  0 7131 0838 X

Horses and ponies  0 7131 0839 8

The Normans  0 7131 0949 1

The Vikings  0 7131 0947 5

The Romans    0 7131 0554 2

The Celts    0 7131 0989 0

The Anglo-Saxons    0 7131 0948 3

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.  0 7131 6443 3

Linguistics (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 2nd edn 276 pp. 0 14 022640 0  Japanese translation, 1988, 4 523 30052 6

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

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

Fishing   0 7131 0946 7

The Stone Age    0 7131 7300 9

1986

Listen to your child (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 240 pp. 0 14 011015 1; 0 14 046753 X

1987

The Cambridge encyclopedia of language (Cambridge: CUP), 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

(ed, with W.F. Bolton) The English language, Sphere History of Literature, 10 (London: Sphere), ix +362 pp.  (Revision of W.F. Bolton, 1975) 0 7221 7977 4

Child language, learning and linguistics (London: Edward Arnold), 2nd edn  v+106 pp. 0 7131 6492 1

1988

Introduction to language pathology (London: Whurr), 2nd edn, x+229 pp. 1 871381 10 X

The English language (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 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, The uses of English (Tokyo: Eihosha), 102 pp. No ISBN

Japanese part adaptation, 1990, The English language (Tokyo: Kirihara Shoten), 107 pp.  4 342 52000 1

Rediscover grammar (London: Longman), 223 pp. 0 582 00258 3 Revised edition, 1996.

Thai translation, 1996. 974 512 594 6

Japanese translation, 1992. 4 268 00137 9

Chinese translation, 1995. 962 00 1352 2

Pilgrimage (Holyhead: Holy Island Press), 79 pp. 0 9513063 0 8

1989

(With P. Fletcher & M. Garman)  The grammatical analysis of language disability (London: Cole & Whurr), 2nd edn, vi+247 pp. 1 871381 03 7

(With J.C. Davies) Convent  (Holyhead: Holy Island Press), 130 pp. 0 9513063 1 6

1990

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), ix+1334+maps. 0 521 39528 3

1991

A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (Oxford: Blackwell), 3rd edn 389 pp. 0 631 17869 4; 0 631 17871 6

Making sense of English usage (Edinburgh: Chambers), xii+127 pp. 0 550 18036 2  China edition 1993, 7 5062 1568 3

Language A to Z,  Book 1 (London: Longman), 140 pp. 0 582 07565 3

Language A to Z, Book 2 (London: Longman), vi+152 pp. 0 582 07564 5

Language A to Z, Teacher's Book (London: Longman), vi+185 pp. 0 582 07562 9

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

Air and breathing    0 340 52222 4

Light and seeing    0 340 52225 9

Sound and hearing    0 340 52223 2

Heating and cooling    0 340 52224 0

1992

Profiling linguistic disability (London: Whurr), 2nd edn viii+229 pp. 1 870332 93 8

An encyclopedic dictionary of language and languages (Oxford: Blackwell), 428 pp. 0 631 17652 7

Paperback edition, 1994  (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 428 pp. 0 14 051234 9

Introducing linguistics (Harmondsworth: Penguin), 77 pp. 0 14 081017 X

(ed) Nineties knowledge (Edinburgh: Chambers/Singapore: Federal Publications), ix+182 pp. 0 550 17254 8; 981 01 2095 8

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), updated edition, ix+1334+maps. 0 521 43176 X

(ed) Cambridge concise encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), vi+962 pp. 0 521 41614 0

(ed, with D. Strange) The great Gatsby (Harmondsworth: Penguin), Penguin Authentic Texts, xii+190 pp. 0 14 081334 9

(ed, with D. Strange) The picture of Dorian Gray (Harmondsworth: Penguin), Penguin Authentic Texts, xii+276 pp. 0 14 081333 0

(ed, with D. Strange) The big sleep (Harmondsworth: Penguin), Penguin Authentic Texts, ix+244 pp. 0 14 081335 7

1993

(With R. Varley) Introduction to Language Pathology (London: Whurr), 3rd edn, xiv+283 pp. 1 897635 50 8

(ed, with W.F. Bolton) The English language, Sphere History of Literature, 10   (Harmondsworth: Penguin), ix+362 pp.  (Reprint of 1987 edition.)  0 14 017760 4

(ed) The Cambridge paperback encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), vi+965 pp. 0 521 43762 8

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP), xx+841 pp. 0 521 45306 2

1994

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edition, viii+1347+maps. 0 521 44429 2

(ed) The Cambridge biographical encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), xi+1304 pp. 0 521 43421 1

(ed) The Cambridge concise encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), updated edition, viii+965 pp. 0 521 47161 3

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP), revised edition xx+843 pp. 0 521 47124 9; paperback 0 521 46991 0; 81 85618 56 9

Slovenian translation, 1995, Cambridgeov podatkovnik (Ljubljana: DZS), xxiii+877 pp.  86 341 1386 8

1995

The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language (Cambridge: CUP), vii+489 pp. 0 521 40179 8

(ed) The Cambridge concise encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edition, viii+1080 pp. 0 521 55049 1

(ed) The Cambridge paperback encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edition viii+1080 pp. 0 521 55968 5

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP), updated edition, xx+843 pp. 0 521 55140 4; paperback 0 521 55892 1

1996

A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (Oxford: Blackwell), 4th edn, xvii+426 pp. 0 631 20096 7; 0 631 20097 5

Greek translation 2000 (Athens: Ekdoseis Pataki), 960 16 0859 1

Rediscover grammar (London: Longman), revised edn 239 pp. 0 582 00258 3

Discover grammar (London: Addison Wesley Longman), 159 pp. 0 582 29435 5

(ed) John Bradburne: songs of the vagabond (Holyhead: Holy Island Press), xi+84 pp. 0 9513063 4 0

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

(ed) The Cambridge biographical dictionary (Cambridge: CUP), x+495 pp. 0 521 56780 7

1997

The Cambridge encyclopedia of language (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edn vii+480 pp. 0 521 55050 5; softback 1998 0 521 55967 7

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edn xx+891 pp. 0 521 56597 9

English as a global language (Cambridge: CUP), x+150 pp. 0 521 59247 X; Canto edition 1998 0 521 62994 2

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 3rd edn, vi+1303 pp+maps. 0 521 58459 0

The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language (Cambridge: CUP), paperback edition vii+489 pp. 0 521 59655 6

1998

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP), 3rd edn xx+891 pp. 0 521 56253 8; 0 521 63770 8

(ed) The Cambridge biographical encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edn, xi+1179 pp. 0 521 63099 1

Language play (Harmondsworth: Penguin), x+249. 0 14 027385 9

(With R. Varley) Introduction to language pathology (London: Whurr), 4^th edn, xvii+267 pp.  1 86156 071 0

1999

The Penguin dictionary of language, 2nd edn of the 1992 Encyclopedic dictionary (Harmondsworth: Penguin), vii+390 pp. 0 14 051416 3

The Cambridge paperback encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 3rd edn, viii+1071 pp. 0 521 66800 X

2000

(With Hilary Crystal) Words on  words: Quotations on language and languages (Harmondsworth: Penguin),  xi+580 pp.  0 14 029134 2

Language death (Cambridge: CUP), x+198 pp. 0 521 65321 5

Spanish translation, 2001, La muerte de las lenguas (Madrid: Cambridge University Press), 218 pp. 84 8323 134 4

Galician translation, 2003, A morte das linguas (Vigo: Editorial Galaxia), 261 pp. 84 8288 622 3

Serbian translation, 2003, Smrt jezika (Belgrade: eke XX Vek), 262 pp. 86 7562 023 3

Lithuanian translation, 2005, Kalbos myrtis (Vilnius: Tyto alba), 204 pp. 9986 16 446

(With Hilary Crystal) John Bradburne’s Mutemwa (Holy Island Press / John Bradburne Memorial Society), 38 pp. 0 9513063 5 9

Happenings (Holy Island Press), 66 pp. 0 9513063 6 7

Who Cares About English Usage (Harmondsworth: Penguin), updated edition, 128 pp. 0 14 028951 8

(ed) The Cambridge encyclopedia (Cambridge: CUP), 4th edn, vi+1336 pp+maps. 0 521 79099 9

(ed) The Cambridge factfinder (Cambridge: CUP), 4th edn, xx+938 pp. 0 521 79435 8

A history of the English language, ed Kimiyuki Nishide, adaptation of Part 1 of CEEL (Tokyo: Seibido), iv + 216 pp. 4 7919 3608 6

2001

Language and the Internet (Cambridge: CUP), ix+272 pp. 0 521 80212 1

Spanish translation, 2002, El lenguaje e Internet (Madrid: Cambridge University Press), 304 pp. 84 8323 256 1

Simplified Chinese edition, 2006 (Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publising House), 7 5428 2763 4

2002

The English language (London: Penguin), 2nd edn. xii+312 pp. 0 14 100396 0

(With Ben Crystal) Shakespeare’s words (London: Penguin), xxviii+650 pp. 0 14 100737 0
US edition by Penguin Putnam, 2002

(ed) The new Penguin encyclopedia (London: Penguin), x+1688 pp. 0 141 00917 9

The world of language (Tokyo: Shohakusha), iv+142 pp. 4 88198 530 2 (selections from CEL 2nd edn by Hajime Narita)

2003

A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (Oxford: Blackwell), 5th edn, xxv+508 pp. 0 631 22663 X; paperback 0 631 22664 8

(ed) The new Penguin factfinder (London: Penguin), xx+938 pp. 0 141 01109 2

English as a global language (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edn, xv+212 pp. 0 521 82347 1; paperback 0 521 53032 6

Complex Chinese edition, 2007, Owl Publishing House, 978 986 7001 41 2

The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edn, vii+499 pp. 0 521 82348 X; paperback 0 521 53033 4

(ed) The Penguin concise encyclopedia (London: Penguin), x+1028 pp. 0 141 01110 6

2004

(With Ben Crystal) Shakespeare’s Words (London: Penguin), paperback edition with corrections and additions, xxviii+650 pp. 0 14 029117 2

The stories of English (London: Penguin), viii+565 pp. h/b 0 713 99752 4; p/b 0 141 01593 4
US h/b edition, New York: Overlook Press, 1 58567 601 2; p/b 1 58567 719 1

The language revolution (Cambridge: Polity Press), ix+142 pp. h/b 0 7456 3312 9; p/b 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

A glossary of Netspeak and Textspeak (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press), 197 pp. h/b 0 7486 2119 9; p/b 0 7486 1982 8

Rediscover grammar (London: Pearson Longman), 3rd edn. 254 pp. 0 582 84862 8

Making sense of grammar (London: Pearson Longman), 400 pp. 0 582 84863 6

(ed) The Penguin encyclopedia (London: Penguin), 2nd edn. x+1698 pp. 0 140 51543 7

John Bradburne's book of days (Leominster: John Bradburne Memorial Society), 370 pp. 0 951 30638 3

(ed) The Penguin book of facts (London: Penguin), xx+939 pp. 0 141 01857 7

2005

(With Ben Crystal) The Shakespeare Miscellany (London: Penguin), x+214 pp. 0 140 51555 0

Pronouncing Shakespeare (Cambridge: CUP), xviii+188 pp. 0 521 85213 7

Dr Johnson's Dictionary: an Anthology (London: Penguin Classics), xlv+650 pp. 0 713 99887 3; p/b 2006, 0 141 44157 7

(ed) Pocket spelling dictionary (London: Penguin Reference), xii+355 pp. 0 141 02110 1

(ed) Pocket quotations (London: Penguin Reference), vi+304 pp. 0 141 02112 8

(ed) Pocket facts (London: Penguin Reference), xii+436 pp. 0 141 02111 X

(ed) The Penguin concise encyclopedia (London: Penguin Reference), 2nd edn, x+1045 pp. 0 141 01706 6

2006

How language works (London: Penguin), xii + 500 pp. 0 140 51538 0; UK p/b (2007) 978 0 141 01552 1
US edition New York: Overlook Press, 978 1 58567 848 8

Words, words, words (Oxford: OUP), viii + 216 pp. 0 19 861444 6; p/b 2007, 978 0 19 921077 0

Language and the Internet (Cambridge: CUP), 2nd edn, ix + 316 pp. 0 521 86859 9

(ed) The Penguin encyclopedia (London: Penguin), 3rd edn. x + 1488 pp. 0 140 51578 X

The fight for English (Oxford: OUP), xi + 239 pp. 0 19 920764 X; p/b (2007) 0 199 22969 4 (9778-0199229697)

As they say in Zanzibar (London: HarperCollins)

(ed) Pocket kings and queens (London: Penguin Reference), ix + 351 pp. 0 141 02716 9

(ed) Pocket famous people (London: Penguin Reference), ix + 346 pp. 0 141 02717 7

(ed) Pocket on this day (London: Penguin Reference), ix + 367 pp. 0 141 02715 0

2007

By hook or by crook: a journey in search of English (London: HarperCollins), xiv + 314 pp. 978 0 00 723558 2

(ed) The Penguin factfinder (London: Penguin), 3rd edn. xx + 939 pp. 978 0 141 02622 0

The story of Ucheldre (Holyhead: Holy Island Press), 72 pp. 0 951 30638 3

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

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

2008

Think on my words: an introduction to Shakespeare's language (Cambridge: CUP)

Txting: the gr8 db8 (Oxford: OUP)

A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics (Oxford: Blackwell), 6th edn