《語言的簡史》（A?Little?Book?Language）是DavidCrystal 於2010 年出版的壹本書可以分為三個部分，***40 章。
。該書分為人類的語言、世界上的語言、法語及其他三部分，主要內容包括語言創造了世界、語言能治療疾病、語言誕生於史前、歡迎外來語等。
"Demotic, lively, rigorous but unabashedly unpedantic David Crystal remind[s] us that living languages know no boundaries, that they adapt themselves joyously to new conditions.?
Here he indulges himself with great good humour in his little book of love for the pleasures of language and words worldwide." - Iain Finlayson.
The Times (London) -- Iain Finlayson The Times (London) "David Crystal is not just a great linguist, but a true champion and lover of language."-Benjamin Zephaniah .