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The Language Parallax

by Paul Friedrich
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Paul Friedrich's The Language Parallax argues persuasively that the "locus and focus" of differences among languages lies not so much in practical or rational aspects as in the complexity and richness of more poetic dimensions-in the nuances of words, or the style and voice of an author.

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Book Details

Published
June 8, 1986
Publisher
Austin : University of Texas Press, 1986.
Pages
206
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780292746503

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