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Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope. A Note to Readers In addition to the abbreviations identified in the preceding list , I use a few typographical conventions with which my readers may not be familiar , and I ...
Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope. A Note to Readers In addition to the abbreviations identified in the preceding list , I use a few typographical conventions with which my readers may not be familiar , and I ...
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... readers can identify the element that those words have re- placed . FALSE DEIXIS Because deictics require the reader / listener to identify their reference , both it and this are " flag words . " When a deictic has no identifiable ...
... readers can identify the element that those words have re- placed . FALSE DEIXIS Because deictics require the reader / listener to identify their reference , both it and this are " flag words . " When a deictic has no identifiable ...
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... readers / listeners to make contextual guesses to make " sense " of what they hear and read . Using deictic elements to refer to large chunks of previous discourse assumes an extremely friendly reader who is willing to do much of the ...
... readers / listeners to make contextual guesses to make " sense " of what they hear and read . Using deictic elements to refer to large chunks of previous discourse assumes an extremely friendly reader who is willing to do much of the ...
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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