TY - BOOK AU - Pei, Mario Andrew, TI - Language today: a survey of current linguistic thought U1 - 401 PEI PY - 1967///] CY - New York PB - Funk & Wagnalls KW - Language and languages KW - Addresses, essays, lectures N1 - CONTENTS.- Is language abused? By M. Pei and W. F. Marquardt.- Engli sh spelling, by M. Pei.-Problems of semantics, by M. Pei.-Studies in co mmunication, by K. Lee Mee.-What's happened to grammar? By D. L. F. Nil sen; Includes bibliographical references ER -