THANKSGIVING DINNER
The traditional feast
Served Thursday, November 27
12:30 to 3:00 P.M.
VOhe Corner louie
S. Thayer ot Washington in Ann Arbor
A block wnst of Rackham Bldg.-NO 8-6056
Sleep late ... Eat
It's like BREAKFAST A
Sunday morning-or any mor
PANCAKES -35c HAM - 35c FRENI
2 EGGS-any style-30c BACON &
also take-out orders
* Try our HOMEMADE ICE CREAM - U
BLeooks and chool
LUTIIIIDI
1224 South University
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Man's Most Widely Practiced Art
Two Recent Books in the Field of Language
Include One by University's Prof. Marckwardt
TWO RECENT BOOKS in the I Bess Sondel, Professorial Lee-
general field of language throw turer in Communication at the
light on the most widely practiced University of Chicago, is the
unique art of mankind. author of the first - mentioned
One is a helpful introductory work. Her book, sub-titled A
work in the science of semantics. Primer of Semantics, (World
The second is a carefully docu- Publishing Co., 245 pp. $4.00) has
mented study of the directions in value as an introductory treatise
which "American" English has on two counts.
evolved out and away from "Eng- First, Miss Sondel opens her
lish" English. study with her own discussion of
"the communication process," set-
ting forth the major problems with
which semantics concerns itself.
late! 'Secondly, in the middle section of
the book, she devotes three long
chapters to excellent analyses of
Tperhaps the major works published
X O M t dateon the subject of the studly
of "techniques by which' to ac-
nipng:plish purposes through the
use of words."
C H TOAST - 35c These four works are Ogden and
SAUAGE---(}CRichard's The .Meaning of , Sean- J (-o f. j ea1-(1,rd t
SAUSAGE - 30c " kPirorzybskirs Science dd
Sanity, and Charles Morris to reflect the culture, the folk-
i ns, Languae . and Behavior ways, the characteristic psychology
Inusual Flavors * ald The Open Self. of the people who use it."
Borrowing freely on the con- The language of the colonists
tributions of hese writers, the is considered first, and then the
Af, Pt i Sathor rcoea the work with her disession g iswa to a study
unnu es on "fiel dthory of comniunic, -! of the wors now is the English
Sti on." Albet "Ameican nglish idiom'
which came into the English
UNIVERSITY Prof. Albert H., tongue through America.
' 1 #%Marckwardt has gathered the In this respect, we are given the
material of his fondly-remembered run-down of the respective con-
English 211 course titled Ameri- tributions of the Indian, Spanish,
can English into a well-organized French, Dutch and German groups
- -- - book under the same title (Ox- to "American" English.
ford University Press, 194 pp. Prof. Marckwardt continues with
$4.50). chapters on cultural influences on
Prof. Marckwardt proposes his the formation of the American
thesis in the opening chapter. idiom, and concludes with a con-
Briefly, it is as follows: "Lan- sideration of the future of English.
guage is a social tool or a social The book provides an interest-
organism. As such it is the pro- ing and illuminating insight into
duct of the society which employs the physiognomy of the language
it, and as it is employed it is of Americans, and cannot but be
engaged in a continual process of of interest to all critical users of
re-creation. If this is the case, we the English of the New World.
may reasonably expect a language -Donald A. Yates
THOMPSON'S RESTAURANT
90mmi u490#* linte 9004
offers you a taste treat
of a traditional
Italian dish
IZZA
will be served doily in
"THE DUCHESS ROOM"
from 12 Noon to 2 P.M.
and 5 P.M. to 4 A.M.
Expertly prepared by our special pizza pie maker and
baked in new modern ovens to give you
the "best tasting pizza in town"
TAKE-OUT SERVICE AVAILABLE
OPEN 24 HOURS CLOSED TUESDAYS
THOMPSON'S
RESTAURANT
221 N. Main St. - Opposite the Post Office
Phone NO 8-9550 or NO 3-3857
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