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1972 book by Paul Goodman

Speaking and Language
First edition
AuthorPaul Goodman
SubjectSocial criticism
PublishedJanuary 1972 (Random House)
Pages242

Speaking and Language: Defence of Poetry is a book of criticism by Paul Goodman that blames academic, structured approaches to linguistics for diminishing the role of creativity and spontaneity in speaking and human nature.

Publication

The author, c. 1969

Random House first published the book's hardcover cloth edition in January 1972, though the official publication date had listed November 1971. A paperback edition by Vintage Books followed in August 1972. Speaking and Language released in the United Kingdom in 1973.

References

  1. Nicely 1979.

Further reading

External links

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