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... word irre- spective of its meaning . That is to say , the character which had come to be the symbol of a particular spoken word ( i . e . of a certain sequence of sounds expressing an idea ) was now allowed to denote any other words ...
... word irre- spective of its meaning . That is to say , the character which had come to be the symbol of a particular spoken word ( i . e . of a certain sequence of sounds expressing an idea ) was now allowed to denote any other words ...
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... word , theoretically at least , has its proper spelling , and every written word its proper pronunciation . But in all cultivated nations the literary vocabulary is , for obvious reasons , vastly more extensive than the vocabulary of ...
... word , theoretically at least , has its proper spelling , and every written word its proper pronunciation . But in all cultivated nations the literary vocabulary is , for obvious reasons , vastly more extensive than the vocabulary of ...
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... word , and the pronunciation merely its symbol.1 When once in a way we hear such a word spoken , our thought flies to its customary spelling , and perhaps from that to some Greek or Latin written word , and then we perceive its meaning ...
... word , and the pronunciation merely its symbol.1 When once in a way we hear such a word spoken , our thought flies to its customary spelling , and perhaps from that to some Greek or Latin written word , and then we perceive its meaning ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS BY THE RIGHT HON VISCOUNT BRYCE O M | 7 |
THE CELTIC INSCRIPTIONS OF CISALPINE GAUL BY SIR JOHN RHŶS | 23 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AT THE OPENING MEETING OF THE INTER | 113 |
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