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... MYTH AS ' LINGUISTIC DISEASE ' This generalized description of the origins of language has sought to bring out those pre - logical and pre - utilitarian functions of language that the con- ventional definitions of language as primarily ...
... MYTH AS ' LINGUISTIC DISEASE ' This generalized description of the origins of language has sought to bring out those pre - logical and pre - utilitarian functions of language that the con- ventional definitions of language as primarily ...
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... mythology , this flowing of our spirit into objective chaos and recreating it in our own image . " No one else has better described the original feat of language or has given a more adequate reason for ... MYTH AS ' LINGUISTIC DISEASE ' 91.
... mythology , this flowing of our spirit into objective chaos and recreating it in our own image . " No one else has better described the original feat of language or has given a more adequate reason for ... MYTH AS ' LINGUISTIC DISEASE ' 91.
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... myth , cere- monial , magic , and brute fact intermingled and were almost indistinguish- able . By the very nature of this mythological affluence , it held a charm for man's still unformed mind . And it was finally by reaction against ...
... myth , cere- monial , magic , and brute fact intermingled and were almost indistinguish- able . By the very nature of this mythological affluence , it held a charm for man's still unformed mind . And it was finally by reaction against ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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