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... style and , therefore , modifies his native colloquialism . ' Chaucer and Caxton were among the ' inditers ' of literary English , who in painting the indigenous lily , made use of the ancient systems of rhetoric that flourished in the ...
... style and , therefore , modifies his native colloquialism . ' Chaucer and Caxton were among the ' inditers ' of literary English , who in painting the indigenous lily , made use of the ancient systems of rhetoric that flourished in the ...
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A Study in Syntax and Style from Caxton to Johnson Astley Cooper Partridge. 4 The Relation of Syntax to Style In a letter prefixed to his version of Demosthenes , Thomas Wilson recorded that Cheke had greater skill in judging phrases and ...
A Study in Syntax and Style from Caxton to Johnson Astley Cooper Partridge. 4 The Relation of Syntax to Style In a letter prefixed to his version of Demosthenes , Thomas Wilson recorded that Cheke had greater skill in judging phrases and ...
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... style , especially when it attains more than one level of appeal . The personal touches that are sensed by the critic are usually command of phrase and the handling of figurative language . What , then , is the function of grammar in style ...
... style , especially when it attains more than one level of appeal . The personal touches that are sensed by the critic are usually command of phrase and the handling of figurative language . What , then , is the function of grammar in style ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
Social Strata and Levels of Communication | 21 |
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