Language Is Not a Physical Object.

Salager-Meyer, Francoise

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Publication Date: 1998

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Language Is Not a Physical Object.

Salager-Meyer, Francoise

English for Specific Purposes, v17 n3 p295-302 1998

The author responds to a critical analysis by Peter Crompton of definitions in literature on hedge, a linguistic phenomenon understood by linguists in different ways. This analysis of the definition and subsequent test offered by the first author is offered to demonstrate the weaknesses of the proposed thesis. (MSE)

Descriptors: Definitions, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Instruction, Written Language

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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