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... Babel fish . ' Douglas Adams , 1979 , The Hitch - Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy , Ch . 6 13 : 2 ' The Babel fish , ' said The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy quietly , ' is small , yellow and leech- like , and probably the oddest thing ...
... Babel fish . ' Douglas Adams , 1979 , The Hitch - Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy , Ch . 6 13 : 2 ' The Babel fish , ' said The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy quietly , ' is small , yellow and leech- like , and probably the oddest thing ...
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... Babel , Ch . 1 13:56 The translator imports new and alterna- tive options of being . George Steiner , 1975 , After Babel , Ch . 5 13:57 We must not trust the translation whose words are entirely ' unbroken ' . As with a sea- shell , the ...
... Babel , Ch . 1 13:56 The translator imports new and alterna- tive options of being . George Steiner , 1975 , After Babel , Ch . 5 13:57 We must not trust the translation whose words are entirely ' unbroken ' . As with a sea- shell , the ...
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... Babel , 1932 , Guy de Maupassant ( trans . ) 21 : 9 No iron can stab the heart with such force as a full stop put just at the right place . Isaac Babel , 1932 , Guy de Maupassant ( trans . ) 21:10 Writers , like teeth , are divided into ...
... Babel , 1932 , Guy de Maupassant ( trans . ) 21 : 9 No iron can stab the heart with such force as a full stop put just at the right place . Isaac Babel , 1932 , Guy de Maupassant ( trans . ) 21:10 Writers , like teeth , are divided into ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Language in Thinking and Thought | 9 |
Body Language | 23 |
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