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... experience . That language " categorizes experience " means simply that a word acts much like a picture of an object in a mail - order catalog ; both word and pic- ture " catalog " or represent objects . The nature of language is ...
... experience . That language " categorizes experience " means simply that a word acts much like a picture of an object in a mail - order catalog ; both word and pic- ture " catalog " or represent objects . The nature of language is ...
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... experiences , we know that the more ex- periences , attitudes , and opinions two people share , the more likely they ... experience . For example , most of us have never directly taken part in a war , yet the word " war " has meaning for ...
... experiences , we know that the more ex- periences , attitudes , and opinions two people share , the more likely they ... experience . For example , most of us have never directly taken part in a war , yet the word " war " has meaning for ...
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... experience common to [ speaker and listener ] . It is in this common or overlapping experience that words get meanings in discourse . The fact that no two persons have an experience precisely identical makes full or perfect ...
... experience common to [ speaker and listener ] . It is in this common or overlapping experience that words get meanings in discourse . The fact that no two persons have an experience precisely identical makes full or perfect ...
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