A Mouthful of Air: Language and Languages, Especially EnglishHutchinson, 1992 - 347 pages Bundel essays over linguïstiek en fonologie, voornamelijk van het Engels. |
Contents
Signals in the Dark | 1 |
Sounds That We | 27 |
The Things We Speak With | 34 |
Copyright | |
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