The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... interest in English is not limited merely to the spoken word . From the beginning of the modern era , the culture of the world has been becoming more and more a literary culture . Ours might well be called a pen and paper civilization ...
... interest in English is not limited merely to the spoken word . From the beginning of the modern era , the culture of the world has been becoming more and more a literary culture . Ours might well be called a pen and paper civilization ...
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... interest in themselves and apart from their practical applications . It is certainly no unreasonable expectation to suppose that a lover of English speech should want to know as much about the language as he can , not only the language ...
... interest in themselves and apart from their practical applications . It is certainly no unreasonable expectation to suppose that a lover of English speech should want to know as much about the language as he can , not only the language ...
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... interests of the critical attitude in speech . One may be concerned not merely with removing obstructions to healthy action , but with the endeavor to discover new paths , to bring something into existence in the use of language which ...
... interests of the critical attitude in speech . One may be concerned not merely with removing obstructions to healthy action , but with the endeavor to discover new paths , to bring something into existence in the use of language which ...
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... interest of speech , moreover , is not consumed in the practical activities of communication by means of the voice in speaking or by means of the pen in writing . One may wish to know the English language from a dis- interested love of ...
... interest of speech , moreover , is not consumed in the practical activities of communication by means of the voice in speaking or by means of the pen in writing . One may wish to know the English language from a dis- interested love of ...
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... interests the western world is naturally the Indo - European family , comprising within itself practically all the languages of Europe , ancient and modern , as well as some of those of central and western Asia , and in consequence of ...
... interests the western world is naturally the Indo - European family , comprising within itself practically all the languages of Europe , ancient and modern , as well as some of those of central and western Asia , and in consequence of ...
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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