num_pages: 449
description: Empson elegantly demonstrates the weight of allusion and implication borne by even the simplest works of our language: Man, honest, quite, dog. He explores the complex play of such words in social situations and in literature, producing in the process brilliant critical essays. 
language: English
title: The Structure of Complex Words
titlecomplete: The Structure of Complex Words
genres: Criticism, Philosophy, Poetry, Writing, Language, Literary Criticism, Linguistics
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Harvard University Press