Research into the detailed contextual distribution of sociologically important words, what one might call focal or pivotal words, is only just beginning. (John Rupert Firth)

Research into the detailed contextual distribution of sociologically important words, what one might call focal or pivotal words, is only just beginning.

John Rupert Firth

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