The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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Charles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith. The Right Use of Language " Language " has become a particularly lively subject in recent years . The relatively new science of Linguistics is growing rapidly and noisily , and among the immediate ...
Charles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith. The Right Use of Language " Language " has become a particularly lively subject in recent years . The relatively new science of Linguistics is growing rapidly and noisily , and among the immediate ...
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... language . Language is the highest and most amazing achievement of the symbolistic human mind . The power it bestows is almost inestimable , for without it anything properly called " thought " is impossible . The birth of language is ...
... language . Language is the highest and most amazing achievement of the symbolistic human mind . The power it bestows is almost inestimable , for without it anything properly called " thought " is impossible . The birth of language is ...
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... Language , of course , is our prime instrument of conceptual expression . The things we can say are in effect the things we can think . Words are the terms of our thinking as well as the terms in which we present our thoughts , because ...
... Language , of course , is our prime instrument of conceptual expression . The things we can say are in effect the things we can think . Words are the terms of our thinking as well as the terms in which we present our thoughts , because ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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