The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... DIALECTS 22 IV . THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 29 V. A TOUCHSTONE FOR ENGLISH 40 VI . THE LEVELS OF ENGLISH SPEECH 55 VII . THE DRIFT TOWARD REGULARITY 77 · VIII . CORRECTNESS . 106 • IX . ANALOGY . 115 · X. ETYMOLOGY 130 ...
... DIALECTS 22 IV . THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 29 V. A TOUCHSTONE FOR ENGLISH 40 VI . THE LEVELS OF ENGLISH SPEECH 55 VII . THE DRIFT TOWARD REGULARITY 77 · VIII . CORRECTNESS . 106 • IX . ANALOGY . 115 · X. ETYMOLOGY 130 ...
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... dialect is . We have all heard dialects , and some of us know how to speak one . But cultivated persons are not ordinarily willing to admit that their own customary speech is a dialect . On the contrary they would probably be very much ...
... dialect is . We have all heard dialects , and some of us know how to speak one . But cultivated persons are not ordinarily willing to admit that their own customary speech is a dialect . On the contrary they would probably be very much ...
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... dialect poems , and though many distinguished authors have written in dia- lect , no writer esteemed of the first rank has used dialect in any except his lighter moments . Even Burns is far from being exclusively a dialect poet . The ...
... dialect poems , and though many distinguished authors have written in dia- lect , no writer esteemed of the first rank has used dialect in any except his lighter moments . Even Burns is far from being exclusively a dialect poet . The ...
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... dialects . The most comprehensive class distinction in speech is that between educated and un- educated speech . The speech of the educated person is supposed not to be a dialect , but the speech of the unedu- cated person is a dialect ...
... dialects . The most comprehensive class distinction in speech is that between educated and un- educated speech . The speech of the educated person is supposed not to be a dialect , but the speech of the unedu- cated person is a dialect ...
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... dialect . In this view dialects are amusing , primitive , or decadent stages of the language . They are characterized either by a rustic simplicity or by an urban vulgarity which makes them something to be outgrown if one happens to be ...
... dialect . In this view dialects are amusing , primitive , or decadent stages of the language . They are characterized either by a rustic simplicity or by an urban vulgarity which makes them something to be outgrown if one happens to be ...
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