Living Words: Meaning Underdetermination and the Dynamic Lexicon
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Peter Ludlow shows how word meanings are much more dynamic than we might have supposed, and explores how meanings are modulated (changed) even during the course of our everyday conversations. When we engage with communicative partners we build micro-languages on the fly--languages that may be fleeting, but which serve our joint interests. Sometimes we sync up on word meanings without reflection, but in many cases we debate the proper modulation of...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198712057
ISBN13:9780198712053
Release Date:July 2014
Publisher:Oxford University Press (UK)
Length:204 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 0.9" x 10.6"
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