Activity for Jirka Hanika
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A: What is "these gentry" in Marxist writing? To understand Orwell's point, more context is in order. I'm leaving out most examples of Bad Writing indicators he gives which tend to be single words each. > Foreign words and expressions such as [...], individual (as noun), [...] are used to give an air of culture and elegance. Except for the u... (more) |
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A: Has Japanese always had the polite "masu" form? The precursors were respectful body movements (kneeling, creeping) accompanying speech in certain contexts for centuries, used for example (but by far not only) when talking to a person of divine origin. The earliest forms of honorific speech eventually replaced those body movements at the Emperor... (more) |
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A: What is the origin (etymology) of the word مسدس (pistol)? In English, "pistol" might primarily mean pretty much any single shot handgun, and only by extension the word my also be used to mean a revolver which can shoot several times, for example six times, before reloading. In Arabic, it's the opposite. مُسَدَّس primarily means a "sixshooter", and only ... (more) |
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A: How do linguists determine historical pronunciation? Language change, including phonetic changes, proceeds slowly and for the most part without language users being fully in control, or even aware of it. (You might ask why. The intentional component of language change for a speaker is limited by the listener's capability of understanding their "wanna... (more) |
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