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Despite

the

word's

awkward

origins,

merging

two

hitherto

distinct

Anglo-Saxon

verbs,

and

adding

both

an

imitative

Latin

prefix

and

a

hybrid

French

suffix,

'ac-

knowledgment'

seems

precisely

right.

Its

semantic

range

includes

a

dec-

laration

of

gratitude,

a

legal

concession

of

validity,

and

the

admission

of

that

which

cannot

be

denied

by

the

senses.Despite

the

word's

awkward

origins,

merging

two

hitherto

distinct

Anglo-Saxon

verbs,

and

adding

both

an

imitative

Latin

prefix

and

a

hybrid

French

suffix,

'ac-

knowledgment'

seems

precisely

right.

Its

semantic

range

includes

a

dec-

laration

of

gratitude,

a

legal

concession

of

validity,

and

the

admission

of

that

which

cannot

be

denied

by

the

senses.

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Despite the word's awkward origins, merging two hitherto distinct Anglo-Saxon verbs, and adding both an imitative Latin prefix and a hybrid French suffix, 'acknowledgment' seems precisely right. Its semantic range includes a declaration of gratitude, a legal concession of validity, and the admission of that which cannot be denied by the senses (2000, 315).