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... reference groups . Data from sample interview surveys on international attitudes do not usually provide evidence directly relevant to this general hypothesis , for three reasons : First , the number of persons from any particular ...
... reference groups . Data from sample interview surveys on international attitudes do not usually provide evidence directly relevant to this general hypothesis , for three reasons : First , the number of persons from any particular ...
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... reference , like Brewer's Reader's Handbook , the same compiler's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable , and Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia . But only a few conscientious souls will go to the trouble of constantly interrupting their reading to ...
... reference , like Brewer's Reader's Handbook , the same compiler's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable , and Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia . But only a few conscientious souls will go to the trouble of constantly interrupting their reading to ...
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... reference brought to readers in earlier generations , his reading of noncontemporary literature will lack much of ... References to episodes and personages in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey often occur even in routine journalism . If we read ...
... reference brought to readers in earlier generations , his reading of noncontemporary literature will lack much of ... References to episodes and personages in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey often occur even in routine journalism . If we read ...
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Denotation and Connotation | 1 |
Diction | 55 |
Other Determinants of Tone | 130 |
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