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In Praise of the Garrulous

ebook

Admired by John Carey, Erich Hobsbawm and Terry Eagleton, this "deeply reflective, extraordinarily wide-ranging meditation on language" attempts to look at the historical relationship between language, writing and knowledge. For the linguist and for the general public

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

Languages

  • English