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... theory of transformational grammar , which Noam Chomsky explains thus : This theory is based on certain assumptions about the kinds of proc- esses that exist in language and the manner in which they interrelate . In particular , it ...
... theory of transformational grammar , which Noam Chomsky explains thus : This theory is based on certain assumptions about the kinds of proc- esses that exist in language and the manner in which they interrelate . In particular , it ...
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... theory . Just as language itself is living , so the study of language is a " living " subject . One suspects , however , that psychological theories of the sentence ought to be a part of any theory of behavior in general.48 Osgood ...
... theory . Just as language itself is living , so the study of language is a " living " subject . One suspects , however , that psychological theories of the sentence ought to be a part of any theory of behavior in general.48 Osgood ...
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... Theory of Style ed . William T. Brewster ( New York : The Macmillan Company , 1921 ) . First published 1905 . 13 Marcel Proust , as quoted in Ullmann , Language and Style , op . cit . , p . 121 . Chapter 2 1 Louis Hjelmslev ...
... Theory of Style ed . William T. Brewster ( New York : The Macmillan Company , 1921 ) . First published 1905 . 13 Marcel Proust , as quoted in Ullmann , Language and Style , op . cit . , p . 121 . Chapter 2 1 Louis Hjelmslev ...
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