A more economical approach was to use a sign to express not a whole word but a single syllable.

更经济的方法是使用一个符号来表达一个音节，而不是一个完整的单词。

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Negation, the process or goal of negating the meaning of a single word or the whole declaration of a declarative sentence, can be realized by means of meaning approach or pragmatic one.

否定是关于陈述句中个别词语或者整个陈述的否定过程和结果。否定可分为语义否定和语用否定。

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In addition, the learning materials also follow an integrated approach to literacy acquisition drawing on the benefits of the language experience and whole word approaches while taking seriously the recent findings of neuro-cognitive research.

UNESCO: Kha Ri Gude (Let Us Learn) Adult Literacy Programme (KGALP)