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Page 869
... LANGUAGE By ethnic origin the English are a mongrel breed . Their language is polyglot , drawn from a variety of sources , and its vocabulary has been augmented by importations from throughout the world . The English language does not ...
... LANGUAGE By ethnic origin the English are a mongrel breed . Their language is polyglot , drawn from a variety of sources , and its vocabulary has been augmented by importations from throughout the world . The English language does not ...
Page 886
... language of administration in the Bantu states of Botswana , Leso- tho , and Swaziland and in Zimbabwe , Zambia , Malawi , Uganda , and Kenya . English is also the language of instruction at some universities , including Makereri Uni ...
... language of administration in the Bantu states of Botswana , Leso- tho , and Swaziland and in Zimbabwe , Zambia , Malawi , Uganda , and Kenya . English is also the language of instruction at some universities , including Makereri Uni ...
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... language , his account of it will be both narrow and misleading . It is sometimes said that Ludwig Wittgenstein , a seminal philosopher of language between the wars , gave too nar- row an account of the use of language in his Tractatus ...
... language , his account of it will be both narrow and misleading . It is sometimes said that Ludwig Wittgenstein , a seminal philosopher of language between the wars , gave too nar- row an account of the use of language in his Tractatus ...
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