Languages), A Dictionary of Linguistics (written with Frank Gaynor, 1954), All About Language (1954), Invitation to Linguistics: A Basic Introduction to the Science of Language (1965), and Weasel Words: Saying What You Don't Mean (1978). Pei wrote The America We Lost: The Concerns of a Conservative (1968), a book advocating individualism and constitutional literalism. In the book, Pei denounces the income tax as well as communism and other forms of collectivism. Pei was also an internationalist and advocated the introduction of Esperanto into school curricula across the world to supplement local languages. He died on March 2, 1978. Arrangements were made with George Van Tassel's Community Funeral Home in Bloomfield, N.J., and burial at St. Raymond's Cemetery in the Bronx followed. Pei and Esperanto Pei was fond of Esperanto, an international auxiliary language. He wrote his positive views on it in his book called One Language for the World. He also wrote a 21-page pamphlet entirely on world language and Esperanto called Wanted: a World Language. Quotes Value of neologisms Noting that neologisms are of immense value to the continued existence of a living language, as most words are developed as neologisms from root words, Pei stated in The Story of Language: Creative innovation and slang Works Language Languages for War and Peace (later retitled The World's Chief Languages), 1949, Vanni/George Allen & Unwin One Language for the World, 1958, Biblio-Moser, Wanted: a World Language, New York: 1969, Public Affairs CommitteeFrench Precursors of the Chanson de Roland, 1949, AMS PressStory of Language, 1949, Lippincott, All About Language, 1950, LippincottLiberal arts dictionary in English, French, German [and] Spanish, 1952, Philosophical LibraryLiberal Arts Dictionary (with Frank Gaynor), 1952, Philosophical LibraryA Dictionary Of Linguistics (with Frank Gaynor), 1954, Philosophical LibraryLanguage For Everybody;: What It Is And How To Master It, 1956, New American LibraryGetting Along in Italian, 1958, BantamGetting Along in Russian, 1959, HarperGetting Along in French (with John Fisher), 1961, Bantam109 Most Useful Foreign Phrases for the Traveler, 1962, CurtisVoices of Man: The Meaning and Function of Language, 1962, Harper & RowThe Story of English: A Modern Approach, 1962, PremierInvitation to Linguistics: A Basic Introduction to the Science of Language, 1965, Doubleday, Glossary of Linguistic Terminology, 1966, Columbia University Press, Studies In Romance Philology And Literature, 1966, Garnett PublishingWords in Sheep's Clothing, 1969Talking Your Way Around the World, 1971, Harper-Collins, Getting along in Spanish, 1972, BantamWeasel Words, 1972, Harper & RowHow To