The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... reason for existence of all language . This kind of knowledge we have called unreflecting , because at the moment of employ- ing such forms of speech , or even before or after one has employed them , the mind is not busied with ...
... reason for existence of all language . This kind of knowledge we have called unreflecting , because at the moment of employ- ing such forms of speech , or even before or after one has employed them , the mind is not busied with ...
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... and it is for this reason that the discussion of them has been placed at the very beginning of this book as something implicit in all that may be said later . II ENGLISH TODAY If one were asked what the English 14 NATURE AND NURTURE.
... and it is for this reason that the discussion of them has been placed at the very beginning of this book as something implicit in all that may be said later . II ENGLISH TODAY If one were asked what the English 14 NATURE AND NURTURE.
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... reason for regarding it as abnormal . Thus a sentence like He stood in awe of them may seem at first thought to satisfy the definition of an idiom as something unanalyzable . It is also peculiar to English , for the other languages of ...
... reason for regarding it as abnormal . Thus a sentence like He stood in awe of them may seem at first thought to satisfy the definition of an idiom as something unanalyzable . It is also peculiar to English , for the other languages of ...
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... reason is not needed as a guide to the recognition of a native speech . One does not recognize one's mother tongue by definition , but by the unassailable evidence and the direct knowledge of feeling . The idiomatic life of the language ...
... reason is not needed as a guide to the recognition of a native speech . One does not recognize one's mother tongue by definition , but by the unassailable evidence and the direct knowledge of feeling . The idiomatic life of the language ...
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George Philip Krapp. disregard of the sentiments of others . For the same reason it is sometimes held that the discussion of religion is in bad taste in mixed assemblages . The reason is that since religion is likely to be a matter of ...
George Philip Krapp. disregard of the sentiments of others . For the same reason it is sometimes held that the discussion of religion is in bad taste in mixed assemblages . The reason is that since religion is likely to be a matter of ...
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