A Mouthful of Air (book)
# 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).
