A Mouthful of Air

Language, Languages...Especially English

Paperback, 416 pages

English language

Published Oct. 22, 1994 by Quill, Brand: Quill.

ISBN:
978-0-688-13789-2
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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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  • General
  • Word Lists
  • Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Language