Linguistic Terminology as a Source of Verbal Fictions.

Pap, Leo

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Publication Date: 1976

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Linguistic Terminology as a Source of Verbal Fictions

Pap, Leo

Language Sciences, 39, 1-5, Feb 76

A random sampling of linguistic terms, idioms, phrases--drawn mostly from the current linguistic literature in English--is examined to determine what kinds of unrealistic or confusing assumptions about language may be subtly embedded in such expressions. (Author/RM)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, Language, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Semantics, Vocabulary

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