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Record 1 1986-05-26

English

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French

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  • Linguistique (Généralités)
OBS

(linguistique) "L'anglais a une grammaire simple mais une prononciation difficile, c'est une langue-relais pour les innovations techniques, mais c'est fondamentalement une langue poétique qui suggère plus qu'elle ne précise ." (Service public et bon langage, n 6, septembre 1971, p. 7) im/8.6.72

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