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Re:What part of speech is “the”? (2006) by marze on Sunday July 05, 2015 @10:44PM (#9836406)
The purpose of "the" is to reset the vocal tract to a neutral configuration, allowing the subsequent (and more arbitrary) word to be resolved more readily.
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Re:What part of speech is “the”? (2006) by RaptorJ on Sunday July 05, 2015 @11:31PM (#9836589)
Are there words that function the same way in Chinese, Latin or Greek?
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Re:What part of speech is “the”? (2006) by vfdva on Sunday July 05, 2015 @11:45PM (#9836629)
Source?
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