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charle [14.2K]
3 years ago
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The word, which I interpret the Flying or Floating Island, is in the original Laputa, whereof I could never learn the true etymo

logy. Lap, in the old obsolete language, signifies high; and untuh, a governor; from which they say, by corruption, was derived Laputa from Lapuntah.   Which word or words from the passage above illustrates original diction? I. “Floating Island” II. corruption III. “Lapuntah”
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Naily [24]3 years ago
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The word which represents original diction is LAPUNTAH.
An original diction refers to a word that its primary meaning can only be obtained from the language from which it is derived. An original diction may be mistaken for a different meaning if one is not familiar with the language from which it is derived. This is what happen to Gulliver in the passage given above.
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