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... represent the soundless. Assigned meanings of words Difficulties in ary . Literature consists of a system of symbols with as- signed meanings . A word is not simply a noise ( or a mark on a printed page ) ; a word is a noise or a printed ...
... represent the soundless. Assigned meanings of words Difficulties in ary . Literature consists of a system of symbols with as- signed meanings . A word is not simply a noise ( or a mark on a printed page ) ; a word is a noise or a printed ...
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... represent anything at all . This might be objected to as an overstatement . If a pic- ture can represent a house by looking more like a house than anything else , cannot a work of music represent the sea by sounding more like the sea ...
... represent anything at all . This might be objected to as an overstatement . If a pic- ture can represent a house by looking more like a house than anything else , cannot a work of music represent the sea by sounding more like the sea ...
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... represented by a circle and a line ( together representing the body , or soma , of a physiological neuron ) leading to ... represent the physiological receptors that are excited or left quiescent by the exterior environment . These are ...
... represented by a circle and a line ( together representing the body , or soma , of a physiological neuron ) leading to ... represent the physiological receptors that are excited or left quiescent by the exterior environment . These are ...
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