A Mouthful of Air (book)

A Mouthful of Air: Language and Languages, Especially English is a book on linguistics by Anthony Burgess published in 1992.

Topics
Topics covered in the book include:
 * 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 to learn a foreign language;
 * and a look at specific languages, (including Russian, Japanese, and Malay).