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- Language
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In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.
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More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.
- Grammatical
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No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism.
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One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
So far as the advocates of a constructed international language are concerned, it is rather to be wondered at how much in common their proposals actually have, both in vocabulary and in general spirit of procedure.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant.
- Expression
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- Nov 07, 2020
The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which is logically defensible at every point and which tends to correspond to the rigorous spirit of modern science.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020