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... address . If this study should be named now , and after the most effective means of formal communication , the term would come from reading or writing ; and it would not matter which , as each presupposes the other . But we care now ...
... address . If this study should be named now , and after the most effective means of formal communication , the term would come from reading or writing ; and it would not matter which , as each presupposes the other . But we care now ...
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... addressed , it becomes a discourse . In discourse there is always an auditor , a recipient , in relation to whom the language is to be considered ; but in the study of language as words , phrases , and sentences , the relation is within ...
... addressed , it becomes a discourse . In discourse there is always an auditor , a recipient , in relation to whom the language is to be considered ; but in the study of language as words , phrases , and sentences , the relation is within ...
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... addressed . The ideas presented are the direct means . to the end , while the language is chiefly means to the ideas , and therefore indirect means to the purpose . Such , then , are the organic elements . Discourse can- not exist ...
... addressed . The ideas presented are the direct means . to the end , while the language is chiefly means to the ideas , and therefore indirect means to the purpose . Such , then , are the organic elements . Discourse can- not exist ...
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... addressed . If one announce that the French President has resigned , it is because he desires the idea which he entertains to be entertained by others . The following lines stand between the heart- break which Tennyson held in mind and ...
... addressed . If one announce that the French President has resigned , it is because he desires the idea which he entertains to be entertained by others . The following lines stand between the heart- break which Tennyson held in mind and ...
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... addressed . To merit rhetorical consideration a dis- course must have good moral character . But within this scope , the value of the effect produced is the abso- lute standard of rhetorical criticism . Compare the Sermon on the Mount ...
... addressed . To merit rhetorical consideration a dis- course must have good moral character . But within this scope , the value of the effect produced is the abso- lute standard of rhetorical criticism . Compare the Sermon on the Mount ...
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