Science-fiction Studies, Volume 3SFS Publications., 1976 - Science fiction |
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Page 96
... Linguistic Fellowship . A science fiction novel giving an ex- cellent introduction to the field methods of descriptive linguistics , one not cited by Barnes , is Chad Oliver's The Winds of Time . From descriptive , she turns to ...
... Linguistic Fellowship . A science fiction novel giving an ex- cellent introduction to the field methods of descriptive linguistics , one not cited by Barnes , is Chad Oliver's The Winds of Time . From descriptive , she turns to ...
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... linguistics . Hockett no doubt had in mind stories like Nat Schachner's " Past , Present , and Future " ( 1937 ; C1 ) , which strings linguistic improbabilities through ten millen- nia and mocks grammarians at the same time . In the ...
... linguistics . Hockett no doubt had in mind stories like Nat Schachner's " Past , Present , and Future " ( 1937 ; C1 ) , which strings linguistic improbabilities through ten millen- nia and mocks grammarians at the same time . In the ...
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... linguistic overturn . " The merchants find themselves in a position like that of a man who learns the English of 1400 only to land in 1600 . When they reach Eriau , primed with their hard - won language facility , they find they aren't ...
... linguistic overturn . " The merchants find themselves in a position like that of a man who learns the English of 1400 only to land in 1600 . When they reach Eriau , primed with their hard - won language facility , they find they aren't ...
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