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Pages: 222
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Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-15 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Words are not just labels for conceptual categories. Words construct conceptual categories, frame situations and influence behavior. Where do they get their mea
Words and Their Meaning
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Howard Jackson
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-03 - Publisher: Routledge

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In this book, the development of the English dictionary is examined, along with the kinds of dictionary available, the range of information they contain, factor
Words Without Meaning
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Christopher Gauker
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Christopher Gauker

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A critique of, and alternative to, the received view of linguistic communication.
Semantic Antics
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Sol Steinmetz
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-04 - Publisher: Random House Reference

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"My favorite popular word book of the year" -William Safire, NY Times 6/22/2008 A fun, new approach to examining etymology! Many common English words started ou
When Words Lose Their Meaning
Language: en
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Authors: James Boyd White
Categories: Law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-21 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Through fresh readings of texts ranging from Homer's Iliad, Swift's Tale of a Tub, and Austen's Emma through the United States Constitution and McCulloch v. Mar