8vo. xii, 264 pp., original hard boards, title gilt on spine & front cover, appendix, biblio, index, copy in Mint condition, New, Curzon Press, Surrey, 1997.

Synopsis

The study seeks to explore the relationship of language forms to language function, brings together the speeches of Gamal Abdel Nasser, Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi. It is dedicated to see how language variation is used for purposes of communication by the politicians.