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The language of everyday life has many ways of referring to the activity of memory. Not only do we speak of remembering an appointment, we also recollect what was said at yesterday's meeting, reminisce about that vacation in the Alps, recognize the face of a friend not seen for many months, memorize the text of a favourite poem, are reminded of a scene in a film and so on. Moreover, each of these memory words can be used in several different senses, as a glance at any good dictionary will show.
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The language of everyday life has many ways of referring to the activity of memory. Not only do we speak of remembering an appointment, we also recollect what was said at yesterday's meeting, reminisce about that vacation in the Alps, recognize the face of a friend not seen for many months, memorize the text of a favourite poem, are reminded of a scene in a film and so on. Moreover, each of these memory words can be used in several different senses, as a glance at any good dictionary will show.
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