A Mouthful of Air
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A Mouthful of Air: Language and Languages, Especially English is a work on the subject of linguistics by Anthony Burgess
published in 1992.
Among the topics covered are: the mechanics of linguistic sounds; the development of the English language and its connections with other languages; the making of dictionaries; the importance of slang; the International Phonetic Alphabet; the role of dialect; the best way of learning a foreign language; and a look at specific languages, including Japanese and Malay.
Anthony Burgess
John Burgess Wilson – who published under the pen name Anthony Burgess – was an English author, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic. The dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange is Burgess's most famous novel, though he dismissed it as one of his lesser works...
published in 1992.
Among the topics covered are: the mechanics of linguistic sounds; the development of the English language and its connections with other languages; the making of dictionaries; the importance of slang; the International Phonetic Alphabet; the role of dialect; the best way of learning a foreign language; and a look at specific languages, including Japanese and Malay.