24.902 | Fall 2015 | Undergraduate, Graduate

Language and its Structure II: Syntax

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Known for his satirical and clever writing, William Combe’s Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque was a comical poem that skewered William Gilpin, who toured Britain to describe his theory of the Picturesque. This image is in the public domain.

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A painting from 1813 showing a man speaking from a lectern while a crowd of people watch.
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Known for his satirical and clever writing, William Combe’s Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque was a comical poem that skewered William Gilpin, who toured Britain to describe his theory of the Picturesque. (This image is in the public domain.)
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This image is in the public domain.
A painting from 1813 showing a man speaking from a lectern while a crowd of people watch.

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Fall 2015
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