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... syntactic rules of English , like those of all human languages , are highly economical : using a few syntactic rules we can produce an infinite number of sentences that we have never said or heard before ( for example , the sentences ...
... syntactic rules of English , like those of all human languages , are highly economical : using a few syntactic rules we can produce an infinite number of sentences that we have never said or heard before ( for example , the sentences ...
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... syntactic functions of NPs and how women are described in PUD . To say that men treat us as the " objects " who " receive " the actions they perform is accurate enough . But to proceed to say that we want to be the " subjects , " not ...
... syntactic functions of NPs and how women are described in PUD . To say that men treat us as the " objects " who " receive " the actions they perform is accurate enough . But to proceed to say that we want to be the " subjects , " not ...
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... syntactic structure of the fragment dictated that we perceive the women only in relation to the soldiers , and the men as the victims of the women's betrayal . Sentence structures package information to divert , mislead , and distract ...
... syntactic structure of the fragment dictated that we perceive the women only in relation to the soldiers , and the men as the victims of the women's betrayal . Sentence structures package information to divert , mislead , and distract ...
Contents
The Glamour of Grammar | 1 |
Language Is a Woman | 16 |
self | 19 |
Copyright | |
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