The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... SOUNDS • 171 • 186 • • 218 · • 228 • · 252 265 XIX . THE CAUSES OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE . 277 · 313 • · 341 • XXII . THE BEST PRONUNCIATION 369 • • XXIII . THE RELATIONSHIPS OF ENGLISH 388 • • XXIV . LANGUAGE AND STYLE . 418 · XXV . MOOD ...
... SOUNDS • 171 • 186 • • 218 · • 228 • · 252 265 XIX . THE CAUSES OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE . 277 · 313 • · 341 • XXII . THE BEST PRONUNCIATION 369 • • XXIII . THE RELATIONSHIPS OF ENGLISH 388 • • XXIV . LANGUAGE AND STYLE . 418 · XXV . MOOD ...
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... sound test of the goodness of a linguistic action is to be found within the action itself . To judge a form of speech not by what it has done , but by what some other form of speech might have done , is like taking one set of laws and ...
... sound test of the goodness of a linguistic action is to be found within the action itself . To judge a form of speech not by what it has done , but by what some other form of speech might have done , is like taking one set of laws and ...
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... Sound information is an inescapable pre- requisite for sound judgment , and an adequate knowl- edge of the English language implies a knowledge both of the background and of the immediate life of English speech . ― Especially is it ...
... Sound information is an inescapable pre- requisite for sound judgment , and an adequate knowl- edge of the English language implies a knowledge both of the background and of the immediate life of English speech . ― Especially is it ...
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... sounds simple , but the answer is not so easy . In a general way everybody thinks he knows what a dialect is . We have all heard dialects , and some of us know how to speak one . But cultivated persons are not ordinarily willing to ...
... sounds simple , but the answer is not so easy . In a general way everybody thinks he knows what a dialect is . We have all heard dialects , and some of us know how to speak one . But cultivated persons are not ordinarily willing to ...
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... sound dialectal to a speaker from another region . But likely as not the Southerner will have the courage of his traditions and will continue saying " I reckon , ” and “ right much , ” even after his attention has been called to the ...
... sound dialectal to a speaker from another region . But likely as not the Southerner will have the courage of his traditions and will continue saying " I reckon , ” and “ right much , ” even after his attention has been called to the ...
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