Linguistic Meaning

826 Pages·2013·17.102 MB·English

by  Keith Allan

ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
LINGUISTICS
Volume 8
LINGUISTIC MEANING
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LINGUISTIC MEANING
KEITH ALLAN
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Routledge
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First published in 1986 in two volumes
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© 1986 Keith Allan
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ISBN: 978-0-415-64438-9 (Set)
eISBN: 978-0-203-07902-7 (Set)
ISBN: 978-0-415-71583-6 (Volume 8)
eISBN: 978-1-315-88029-7 (Volume 8)
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Linguistic
Meaning
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Linguistic
Meaning
Volume 1
Keith Allan
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First published in 1986
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© Keith Allan 1986
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Allan, Keith, 1943-
Linguist ic meaning.
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
1. Semantics. 2. Meaning (Philosophy) 3. Speech
acts (Linguistics) I. Title.
P325.A424 1986 40V .9 85-14525
British Library CIP Data also available
ISBN 0-7100-9587-2 (v. 1)
ISBN 0-7102-0699-2 (pbk. : v. 1)
ISBN 0-7102-0697-6 (v. 2)
ISBN 0-7102-0698-4 (pbk. : v. 2)
Words are the tokens current and accepted
for conceits, as moneys are for values.
(Francis Bacon Advancement of Learning II.xvi.3)