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Content words/Function words Henry Sweet in his famous grammar of 1891 (p.22)‚ writes: "In a sentence such as The earth is round‚ we have no difficulty in recognizing earth and round as ultimate independent sense-units ... Such words as the and is‚ on the other hand‚ though independent in form‚ are not independent in meaning: the and is by themselves do not convey any ideas‚ as earth and round do. We call such words as the and is form-words‚ because they are words in form only. When a form-word
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Arabic–English Thematic Lexicon The Arabic–English Thematic Lexicon is an invaluable resource for all learners of Arabic. It contains some 8‚000 entries‚ arranged into themes‚ including flora and fauna‚ food and drink‚ the human body‚ health care‚ the family‚ housing‚ clothing‚ education‚ IT‚ sports‚ politics‚ economics and commerce‚ the law‚ media‚ language‚ geography‚ travel‚ religion‚ arts‚ science and natural resources. Three appendices cover the names of Arab and selected non-Arab regions‚ countries
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Cognitive Linguistics: Basic Readings ≥ Cognitive Linguistics Research 34 Editors Dirk Geeraerts ´ Rene Dirven John R. Taylor Honorary editor Ronald W. Langacker Mouton de Gruyter Berlin · New York Cognitive Linguistics: Basic Readings Edited by Dirk Geeraerts Mouton de Gruyter Berlin · New York Mouton de Gruyter (formerly Mouton‚ The Hague) is a Division of Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG‚ Berlin Printed on acid-free paper which falls within the guidelines of the ANSI
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