Paperback, 416 pages
English language
Published Oct. 22, 1994 by Quill, Brand: Quill.
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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.
Subjects
- General
- Word Lists
- Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
- Language