Hardcover, 347 pages
English language
Published Dec. 22, 1992 by Stoddart.
4 stars
(1 review)
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.
Subjects
- English language
- Language and languages