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... language that it is impossible to characterize English as exclusively or even mainly a monosyllabic language . And yet it is much more monosyllabic than any of the cognate languages . It is easy enough in English to build up whole ...
... language that it is impossible to characterize English as exclusively or even mainly a monosyllabic language . And yet it is much more monosyllabic than any of the cognate languages . It is easy enough in English to build up whole ...
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... language ' on a purely a priori basis , thus on the same lines as Bishop John Wilkins's Real Character and Philosophical Language ( 1668 ) and totally different from those schemes of auxiliary languages on the basis of existing languages ...
... language ' on a purely a priori basis , thus on the same lines as Bishop John Wilkins's Real Character and Philosophical Language ( 1668 ) and totally different from those schemes of auxiliary languages on the basis of existing languages ...
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... language , has not been overpowering : it has been counteracted not only by a great influx of foreign elements , but also by the in- trinsic structure of the language itself and in some cases by a regard to clearness , thus in the case ...
... language , has not been overpowering : it has been counteracted not only by a great influx of foreign elements , but also by the in- trinsic structure of the language itself and in some cases by a regard to clearness , thus in the case ...
Contents
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 19278 | 3 |
THE POETRY OF COLLINS Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 29 |
THE DATE OF THE HITTITE HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS | 39 |
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