A mouthful of air

language and languages, especially English

Hardcover, 347 pages

English language

Published Dec. 22, 1992 by Stoddart.

ISBN:
978-0-7737-2670-3
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Yeats once wrote of a poem, saying he had made it out of a mouthful of air. Burgess advances this point by presenting a fascinating survey of language--how it operates, and how it will develop in the future--that ranges from Shakespearean pronunciation to the place of English in the world family of languages.

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Subjects

  • English language
  • Language and languages