Today and Tomorrow Volume 20 Language and Literature Lars Porsena or the Future of Swearing Breaking Priscian's Head or English As She Will Be Spoke and Wrote Delphos: the Future of International Language Pomona or the Future of English |
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Author:
| Graves, Greig, Pankhurst, de Selincourt, Greig |
ISBN: | 978-0-415-46354-6 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2008 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $390.00 |
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Lars Porsena Or the Future of Swearing Robert Graves As relevant now as when it was first published, this volume and its ironic look at the political correctness of society has become a classic of the Today & Tomorrow series. 90pp Breaking Priscian's Head Or English As She Will Be Spoke and Wrote J Y T Greig This volume discusses the nature of language, grammar, the influence of America, of slang dialect and many other subjects. 90p **************** Delphos The Future of...
More DescriptionLars Porsena Or the Future of Swearing Robert Graves As relevant now as when it was first published, this volume and its ironic look at the political correctness of society has become a classic of the Today & Tomorrow series. 90pp Breaking Priscian's Head Or English As She Will Be Spoke and Wrote J Y T Greig This volume discusses the nature of language, grammar, the influence of America, of slang dialect and many other subjects. 90p **************** Delphos The Future of International Language E Sylvia Pankhurst In this volume, Sylvia Pankhurst argues that an international language would be one of the greatest assets to modern civilization. She surveys past attempts from the sixteenth to the early twentieth centuries and predicts the arrival of the inter-language, its form, its social and cultural utility and its influence for world peace. 90pp Pomona or the Future of English Basil de Sèlincourt An analysis of the present condition of the English language and the paths along which it is progressing. 88pp