The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... definition , it must be known also by experience . English which satis- fies a notion of what English ought to be but does not satisfy the vital linguistic moment in which it actively appears , certainly cannot be called good ...
... definition , it must be known also by experience . English which satis- fies a notion of what English ought to be but does not satisfy the vital linguistic moment in which it actively appears , certainly cannot be called good ...
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... define the term " dialect , " but by the time a definition had been reached , it would have become apparent that no answer to the question was possible . One would be led in the end to ask whether the English of any two persons who ...
... define the term " dialect , " but by the time a definition had been reached , it would have become apparent that no answer to the question was possible . One would be led in the end to ask whether the English of any two persons who ...
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... be wide rather than deep . A dialect may be defined , therefore , as a group of simi- lars in language conveniently held together as a unity by the process of disregarding the dissimilar elements also present in ENGLISH DIALECTS 25.
... be wide rather than deep . A dialect may be defined , therefore , as a group of simi- lars in language conveniently held together as a unity by the process of disregarding the dissimilar elements also present in ENGLISH DIALECTS 25.
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... definition . French is not derived from Latin in the sense that it is the natural offspring of Latin . When the linguist speaks of a language as being derived from an- other , or when he speaks of a family of languages , he is using ...
... definition . French is not derived from Latin in the sense that it is the natural offspring of Latin . When the linguist speaks of a language as being derived from an- other , or when he speaks of a family of languages , he is using ...
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... definition of an idiom as something unanalyzable . It is also peculiar to English , for the other languages of Europe related to English have no construction parallel to this . It might thus be regarded as a phrase that one must take as ...
... definition of an idiom as something unanalyzable . It is also peculiar to English , for the other languages of Europe related to English have no construction parallel to this . It might thus be regarded as a phrase that one must take as ...
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accepted acquired adjective Anglo-Saxon appear authority become beginning called carried century character common completely concerned correctness cultivated definition determined dialect dictionary direct distinction elements English language example existence experience expression fact familiar feeling follow formal forms French gender Germanic give grammar habits human important indicated individual Indo-European inflectional intelligible interest kind knowledge Latin learned less limits linguistic literary literature living logical matter meaning merely mind Modern English nature never noun object observation origin past perhaps period person phrase plural poetry popular possessive possible practical present pronounced pronunciation prose question reason regarded regular relation remain respect result rules seems sense sentence simple social sounds speak speaker speech spelling structure student style term things thought tion traditional verb vocabulary vowel whole words writing