On 13-Feb-2011, at 4:34 PM, Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com> wrote:
> Anything from Guy Deutscher is good on W&L. I was also immensely fond > of Steven Pinker's "Words and Rules" which draws some remarkably > amusing lessons from a ridiculously deep dive on a small number of > English irregular verbs. -T >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Likewise all David Crystal's books. However, my personal favourite is A Mouthful of Air by Anthony Burgess.
