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A Mouthful of Air

Anthony Burgess · 1992

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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.

Book details

Year
1992
Language
English
Publisher
William Morrow & Co
Editions
7
Pages
416
ISBN
9780688119355

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