The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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Seite iii
... present in the minds of English speaking persons in the practical command of their native idiom . The field under observation has been the use of the native idiom not merely in writing but also in speech , and not merely at painful ...
... present in the minds of English speaking persons in the practical command of their native idiom . The field under observation has been the use of the native idiom not merely in writing but also in speech , and not merely at painful ...
Seite vi
... present life . It is besides , one may say , a monument of civilization . The English language has a past as well as a present . Here again it must be said that the past of the English language does not fundamentally concern the ...
... present life . It is besides , one may say , a monument of civilization . The English language has a past as well as a present . Here again it must be said that the past of the English language does not fundamentally concern the ...
Seite vii
... present English is often made more evident by an examination of the develop- ments that have taken place during the earlier stages of the lan- guage . Things seen in perspective often take on different and more intelligible appearances ...
... present English is often made more evident by an examination of the develop- ments that have taken place during the earlier stages of the lan- guage . Things seen in perspective often take on different and more intelligible appearances ...
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... present , in the simplest as well as in the most elaborate uses . We have spoken first of nature and nurture , and the antithesis indicated by these terms is also suggested by such opposites as analytic and experimental , conscious and ...
... present , in the simplest as well as in the most elaborate uses . We have spoken first of nature and nurture , and the antithesis indicated by these terms is also suggested by such opposites as analytic and experimental , conscious and ...
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... present unity of the English - speak- ing peoples . When we thus emphasize the unity of the English- speaking peoples , however , the word " unity " immediately raises certain doubts and questions in our minds . It is true that the ...
... present unity of the English - speak- ing peoples . When we thus emphasize the unity of the English- speaking peoples , however , the word " unity " immediately raises certain doubts and questions in our minds . It is true that the ...
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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