Language Made Plain

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Language Made Plain
First edition
AuthorAnthony Burgess
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Subjectlinguistics
PublisherEnglish Universities Press
Publication date
1964
Media typehardcover
Pages196
ISBN0-340-04770-4

Language Made Plain by Anthony Burgess is a brief overview of the field of linguistics. Without dealing specifically with any one language, it provides an introduction to semantics, phonetics, and the development of language.

Burgess later incorporated most of Language Made Plain into the first half of A Mouthful of Air.

References

Burgess, Anthony (December 1964). Language Made Plain. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. ISBN 0-340-04770-4. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |chapterurl= (help)