The curse of tongues /
Douglas Busk.
- London : Pall Mall Press, 1965.
- ix,141 p. ; 22 cm.
Table of Contents
I. The heritage of Babel The importance of awareness The myth of the classics The agglutinative peril The trap of similarity Transliteration English as a universal tongue The interpreter's task Italian and Spanish - the dissonance of similarity Teutons, Scandinavians and Slavs The Briton as Linguist Accent and environment Traitor word Pity the poor foreigner
II. Cures for the curse of tongues The planner's tools Phrase books Dictionaries Grammars Teachers Notebooks Gramophone records and tapes Reading and writing Economy of labour Language laboratories