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... language problem also delayed the conversion to sound on the Continent . Because dubbing was all but impossible in the earliest years of the transition , films had to be shot in several dif- ferent languages ( sometimes featuring a ...
... language problem also delayed the conversion to sound on the Continent . Because dubbing was all but impossible in the earliest years of the transition , films had to be shot in several dif- ferent languages ( sometimes featuring a ...
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... language ; e.g. , " Golly " was invented as a name of a girl and has no " meaning " or associations . This phenomenon ... languages - e.g . , French Nice and Italian Nizza ; German München , English and French Munich , and Italian Monaco ...
... language ; e.g. , " Golly " was invented as a name of a girl and has no " meaning " or associations . This phenomenon ... languages - e.g . , French Nice and Italian Nizza ; German München , English and French Munich , and Italian Monaco ...
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... language , or language comprehension , centre . A patient with Wernicke's aphasia has difficulty understand- ing language ; his own speech is typically fluent but is empty of content and characterized by circumlocutions , a high ...
... language , or language comprehension , centre . A patient with Wernicke's aphasia has difficulty understand- ing language ; his own speech is typically fluent but is empty of content and characterized by circumlocutions , a high ...
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