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... units ; and , what is worse , grammar and discourse studies deal with words and sentences . com- Any unit is not confined to one study , nor any study to one unit . This appears strange ; for the language studies can do nothing but deal ...
... units ; and , what is worse , grammar and discourse studies deal with words and sentences . com- Any unit is not confined to one study , nor any study to one unit . This appears strange ; for the language studies can do nothing but deal ...
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... units are not such with reference to each other , but with reference to what each expresses . They are the true language units ; not because they refer back and forth to each other as whole and part , but because each expresses a unit ...
... units are not such with reference to each other , but with reference to what each expresses . They are the true language units ; not because they refer back and forth to each other as whole and part , but because each expresses a unit ...
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... unit as we turn it from an idea to a thought , or to an effect . The unity is not in the mere language form , but in ... units are to be selected out of this relation . Since the same language form exists in more than one relation at the ...
... unit as we turn it from an idea to a thought , or to an effect . The unity is not in the mere language form , but in ... units are to be selected out of this relation . Since the same language form exists in more than one relation at the ...
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... unit without variety , a globe without air , land , or water , without valley , plateau , or mountain , without lake , river , or water- fall , a monotonous surface , without height or depth , day or night , winter or summer . Thus ...
... unit without variety , a globe without air , land , or water , without valley , plateau , or mountain , without lake , river , or water- fall , a monotonous surface , without height or depth , day or night , winter or summer . Thus ...
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... unit is called an organic unit . The lowest form of it , or the form in which it seems to vanish , is the unit whose parts have spatial unity , as in the case of a stone or a pile of material . Here the * parts are in touch , and bound ...
... unit is called an organic unit . The lowest form of it , or the form in which it seems to vanish , is the unit whose parts have spatial unity , as in the case of a stone or a pile of material . Here the * parts are in touch , and bound ...
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