How Words Mean introduces a new approach to the role of words and other linguistic units in the construction of meaning. It does so by addressing the interactio

The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary

In the most comprehensive account to date of Walter Benjamin’s philosophy of language, Alexander Stern explores the nature of meaning by putting Benjamin in d

Provides entries for over 315,000 words and phrases, and includes a list of new words.

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