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Terry Eagleton - Language always pre-exists us: it is...
Language always pre-exists us: it is always already 'in place', waiting to assign us our places within it. (Terry Eagleton)

Language always pre-exists us: it is always already 'in place', waiting to assign us our places within it.

Terry Eagleton

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