The essays in this collection describe, illustrate, and dramatize the interplay between language and life from various personal historical, social and cultural perspectives. The readings in this book envelop a wide variety of human activities. The Word of Words explores many of the speech communities and is provided with examples and a great deal of evidences. It is divided into 6 sections: * the personal response to language, * words and history, * language and social forces, * slang, jargon and argot, * language in culture, * language and literature.