Books
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Word and object | Willard Van Orman Quine | Language consists of dispositions, socially instilled, to respond observably to socially observable stimuli. This book examines the linguistic mechanisms of objective reference. Topics covered includ… | OL2910272W |
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The language parallax | Paul Friedrich | Argues that the "locus and focus" of differences among languages lies not so much in practical or rational aspects as in the complexity and richness of more poetic dimensions--in the nuances of words… | OL3265422W |