A Mouthful of Air (1992)
A Mouthful of Air is a 1992 language and languages book written by Anthony Burgess.
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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What is A Mouthful of Air about?
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.
When was A Mouthful of Air published?
A Mouthful of Air was published in 1992.
Who made A Mouthful of Air?
A Mouthful of Air was written by Anthony Burgess.