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The Philosophy Of Style
Herbert Spencer - 1852
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English Phonetics and Phonology
Peter Roach - 1983
Recognised as the most practical and comprehensive text in the field of phonetics, this third edition of English Phonetics and Phonology includes revised transcriptions, a wider discussion of different varieties of English and an updated treatment of intonation.
Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation
William H. Gass - 1999
The greatly esteemed essayist, novelist, and philosopher reflects on the art of translation and on Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino Elegies and gives us his own translation of Rilke's masterwork.