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... awareness of and respect for them may indeed be increasing . In any case , the words are used in English with particular meanings , symbolic resonances , not found in mainstream English . Particularly interesting is the insistence of an ...
... awareness of and respect for them may indeed be increasing . In any case , the words are used in English with particular meanings , symbolic resonances , not found in mainstream English . Particularly interesting is the insistence of an ...
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... awareness allows him to test the waters , so to speak , or to put himself on thin ice . The small changes in words which subtly alter meanings induce the lexicographer to invent words that stretch a concept though such words may find ...
... awareness allows him to test the waters , so to speak , or to put himself on thin ice . The small changes in words which subtly alter meanings induce the lexicographer to invent words that stretch a concept though such words may find ...
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