Linguistics and Literary StyleDonald C. Freeman |
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... less than 1 in 20 verbs under 10 % fewer than 1 per 100 words 7. Passives 8. True adjectives 9. Adjectives modified 10. Noun adjuncts 11. Average length of clauses under 2 % 10 words or less 10 words or less 4 % or more more than 10 ...
... less than 1 in 20 verbs under 10 % fewer than 1 per 100 words 7. Passives 8. True adjectives 9. Adjectives modified 10. Noun adjuncts 11. Average length of clauses under 2 % 10 words or less 10 words or less 4 % or more more than 10 ...
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... less known in England than Swedenborg , " not less known than Kant ; that Falstaff is " coarser than any of the men in our loosest plays " ( 3PP , xiii ) , not coarser than Peter Pan . In using the comparative degree a writer usually ...
... less known in England than Swedenborg , " not less known than Kant ; that Falstaff is " coarser than any of the men in our loosest plays " ( 3PP , xiii ) , not coarser than Peter Pan . In using the comparative degree a writer usually ...
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... less swollen by parentheses and modifiers , will be left . EVALUATION OF NOMINALITY Nominality is judged bad by some , good by others . 1. Those who judge nominal style bad judge it so for one or more of the following reasons : a ...
... less swollen by parentheses and modifiers , will be left . EVALUATION OF NOMINALITY Nominality is judged bad by some , good by others . 1. Those who judge nominal style bad judge it so for one or more of the following reasons : a ...
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Linguistic Approaches to Literature Donald C | 3 |
Linguistics and Literary History Leo Spitzer | 21 |
Standard Language and Poetic Language | 40 |
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