A Quote by David Crystal

At the same time we overlap, because, I do linguistics, and Ben did a first degree in Linguistics at Lancaster University, so he knows some of my subject.

David Crystal

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David Crystal
English - Educator
Born: July 6, 1941

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Noam Chomsky

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Daniel Everett

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Kenneth L. Pike

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Keith Devlin

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P. J. Soles

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Deborah Tannen

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Ferdinand de Saussure

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Noam Chomsky

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Roman Jakobson

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Matthew McConaughey

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John Searle

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