Hardcover, 347 pages
English language
Published Jan. 3, 1993 by Stoddart Publishing Co., Ltd, Canada.
Hardcover, 347 pages
English language
Published Jan. 3, 1993 by Stoddart Publishing Co., Ltd, Canada.
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.