254.英文正文(254)

254.英文正文(254)

theonlyclassesofwordsthatwerestillallowedtoinflectirregularlywerethepronouns,therelatives,thedemonstrativeadjectives,andtheauxiliaryverbs。***allofthesefollowedtheirancientusage,exceptthatwhomhadbeenscrappedasunnecessary,andtheshall,shouldtenseshadbeendropped,alltheirusesbeingcoveredbywillandwould。therewerealsocertainirregularitiesinword-formationarisingoutoftheneedforrapidandeasyspeech。awordwhichwasdifficulttoutter,orwasliabletobeincorrectlyheard,washeldtobeipsofactoabadword:occasionallytherefore,forthesakeofeuphony,extraletterswereinsertedintoawordoranarchaicformationwasretained。butthisneedmadeitselffeltchieflyinconnexionwiththebvocabulary。whysogreatanimportancewasattachedtoeaseofpronunciationwillbemadeclearlaterinthisessay。

thebvocabulary。

thebvocabularyconsistedofwordswhichhadbeendeliberatelyconstructedforpoliticalpurposes:words,thatistosay,whichnotonlyhadineverycaseapoliticalimplication,butwereintendedtoimposeadesirablementalattitudeuponthepersonusingthem。withoutafullunderstandingoftheprinciplesofingsocitwasdifficulttousethesewordscorrectly。insomecasestheycouidbetranslatedintooldspeak,orevenintowordstakenfromtheavocabulary,butthisusuallydemandedalongparaphraseandalwaysinvolvedthelossofcertainovertones。thebwordswereasortofverbalshorthand,oftenpackingwholerangesofideasintoafewsyllables,andatthesametimemoreaccurateandforciblethanordinarylanguage。

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