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A mouthful of air : language, languages-- especially English

A survey of language, how it operates now, how it got to be that way, how it will develop in the future, Shakespeare's pronunciation, English newly generated abroad, everyday speech, and the place of English in the world family of languages

Print Book, English, 1992
First edition
William Morrow and Company, New York, 1992