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Expressive English

James Champlin Fernald

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Description:First Paragraph of Preface (no description found):IT is often held to be a sufficient description or definitionof language to speak of it as "a medium of communicationamong intelligent beings." Language isthat, indeed, and can never be less than that. Butthat is its lowest office. The hen calls her brood by aglad cluck to a fine bit of grain, or warns them by aterrifying note of the sweep of a hawk. But she hassoon gone round the circle of ideas appropriate to herspecies, and the "medium of communication" has noplace in the realm beyond, where for her and hers thereis nothing to communicate. In all human beings, however,except the most degraded, there is a demand forcommunication of thought and feeling from one to anotherbeyond what language as used by them can yetconvey. With all mental advance the reach and rangeand delicacy of thought and feeling evermore outstripthe capacity of words to utter them. Language is undera constant impulsion to express ideas and emotionswhich are still beyond its power.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Expressive English. To get started finding Expressive English, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 488

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls Co.

Release: 1919

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Description: First Paragraph of Preface (no description found):IT is often held to be a sufficient description or definitionof language to speak of it as "a medium of communicationamong intelligent beings." Language isthat, indeed, and can never be less than that. Butthat is its lowest office. The hen calls her brood by aglad cluck to a fine bit of grain, or warns them by aterrifying note of the sweep of a hawk. But she hassoon gone round the circle of ideas appropriate to herspecies, and the "medium of communication" has noplace in the realm beyond, where for her and hers thereis nothing to communicate. In all human beings, however,except the most degraded, there is a demand forcommunication of thought and feeling from one to anotherbeyond what language as used by them can yetconvey. With all mental advance the reach and rangeand delicacy of thought and feeling evermore outstripthe capacity of words to utter them. Language is undera constant impulsion to express ideas and emotionswhich are still beyond its power.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Expressive English. To get started finding Expressive English, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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