English as Language: Backgrounds, Development, UsageCharlton Laird, Robert M. Gorrell Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961 - 279 Seiten |
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... practice , and the early practice , but it has not always been the practice . During the eighteenth century quite a number of students of language were less interested in understanding their subject than in prescribing what it should be ...
... practice , and the early practice , but it has not always been the practice . During the eighteenth century quite a number of students of language were less interested in understanding their subject than in prescribing what it should be ...
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... practice and when practice differs from rule , it is better to follow practice than attempt to alter it , which is diffi- cult and often impossible . What is meant by practice ? The general custom or manner of speaking in a nation ...
... practice and when practice differs from rule , it is better to follow practice than attempt to alter it , which is diffi- cult and often impossible . What is meant by practice ? The general custom or manner of speaking in a nation ...
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... practice ; some linguists profess one doctrine and practice another . Also there is the usual eclectic com- promise . Nevertheless , it is possible to make roughly approximate groupings of schools of opinion according to the degrees of ...
... practice ; some linguists profess one doctrine and practice another . Also there is the usual eclectic com- promise . Nevertheless , it is possible to make roughly approximate groupings of schools of opinion according to the degrees of ...
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A LANGUAGE MISCELLANY | 1 |
Subjects for Discussion | 6 |
LANGUAGE AS IT WORKS | 7 |
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