David Crystal, OBE is a linguist, academic and author. He grew up in Holyhead, North Wales, and Liverpool, England where he attended St Mary's College from 1951. Crystal studied English at University College London between 1959 and 1962. He was a researcher under Randolph Quirk between 1962 and 1963, working on the Survey of English Usage. Since then he has lectured at Bangor University and the University of Reading. He is currently an honorary professor of linguistics at Bangor.

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  • David Crystal, OBE is a linguist, academic and author. He grew up in Holyhead, North Wales, and Liverpool, England where he attended St Mary's College from 1951. Crystal studied English at University College London between 1959 and 1962. He was a researcher under Randolph Quirk between 1962 and 1963, working on the Survey of English Usage. Since then he has lectured at Bangor University and the University of Reading. He is currently an honorary professor of linguistics at Bangor. His many academic interests include English language learning and teaching, forensic linguistics, language death, "ludic linguistics" (Crystal's neologism for the study of language play), English style, Shakespeare, indexing, and lexicography. He is the Patron of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL). David Crystal lives in Holyhead with his wife. He has four grown-up children. His son Ben Crystal is also an author and co-authored two books with his father. Retired from full-time academia, he works as a writer, editor and consultant. Crystal was awarded the OBE in 1995 and became a Fellow of the British Academy in 2000.
  • David Crystal, OBE ist ein britischer Linguist und Autor. Er wuchs zweisprachig in Holyhead und Liverpool auf. In Liverpool besuchte er ab 1951 das St. Mary's College. Zwischen 1959 und 1962 studierte Crystal Englisch am University College London. Zwischen 1962 und 1963 arbeitete er unter Randolph Quirk an der „Survey of English Usage“. Seitdem unterrichtete er an der University of Wales, Bangor (UWB) und an der University of Reading. Heute ist er Ehrenprofessor an der UWB, wo er zeitweise Linguistik unterrichtet. Zu seinen vielen akademischen Interessen zählen Englisch als Lingua Franca (ELF), Englischunterricht, forensische Linguistik, Sprachentod, Linguistik des Humors, Stil, William Shakespeare, Indexing, Lexikografie und Sprache im Internet. Ferner ist er Vorsitzender der Internationalen Vereinigung der Lehrer des Englischen als Fremdsprache (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, IATEFL) und Sprachtherapeut. David Crystal lebt mit seiner Frau und seinen vier Kindern in Holyhead, sein Sohn Ben Crystal ist Schauspieler, verfasste aber einige Bücher zusammen mit seinem Vater. Seit seiner Pensionierung arbeitet er als Schriftsteller, Herausgeber und Berater. 1995 wurde ihm der Order of the British Empire verliehen.
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  • David Crystal, OBE is a linguist, academic and author. He grew up in Holyhead, North Wales, and Liverpool, England where he attended St Mary's College from 1951. Crystal studied English at University College London between 1959 and 1962. He was a researcher under Randolph Quirk between 1962 and 1963, working on the Survey of English Usage. Since then he has lectured at Bangor University and the University of Reading. He is currently an honorary professor of linguistics at Bangor.
  • David Crystal, OBE ist ein britischer Linguist und Autor. Er wuchs zweisprachig in Holyhead und Liverpool auf. In Liverpool besuchte er ab 1951 das St. Mary's College. Zwischen 1959 und 1962 studierte Crystal Englisch am University College London. Zwischen 1962 und 1963 arbeitete er unter Randolph Quirk an der „Survey of English Usage“. Seitdem unterrichtete er an der University of Wales, Bangor (UWB) und an der University of Reading.
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