The Knowledge of EnglishH. Holt, 1927 - 572 Seiten |
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... tion of language possible . Language itself , however , is not a natural gift , but even in its rudimentary forms it is an acquired accomplishment . Without training and discipline , no one would ever achieve a language , 3 NATURE AND ...
... tion of language possible . Language itself , however , is not a natural gift , but even in its rudimentary forms it is an acquired accomplishment . Without training and discipline , no one would ever achieve a language , 3 NATURE AND ...
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... tion of the artist's use of language is not after all essentially the same as the experience of a person buying a street - car ticket , differing not in kind but only in degree . Ordi- narily when one buys a street - car ticket one does ...
... tion of the artist's use of language is not after all essentially the same as the experience of a person buying a street - car ticket , differing not in kind but only in degree . Ordi- narily when one buys a street - car ticket one does ...
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... tion to a double character of language always 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 ...
... tion to a double character of language always 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 ...
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... tion and experience . We are led thus immediately to the consideration of what is the most striking fact in the life of a language , the fact of ever present unity and of ever present divergence in speech . We speak of the various ...
... tion and experience . We are led thus immediately to the consideration of what is the most striking fact in the life of a language , the fact of ever present unity and of ever present divergence in speech . We speak of the various ...
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... tion , however , this popular notion of dialects is defective in that it always raises matters of opinion concerning which there is likely to be little agreement . Details of speech which appeal to one person as belonging to a rustic ...
... tion , however , this popular notion of dialects is defective in that it always raises matters of opinion concerning which there is likely to be little agreement . Details of speech which appeal to one person as belonging to a rustic ...
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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