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On the wisdom of words / by Geoffrey Wagner.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wagner, Geoffrey Atheling.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Semantics.
- English language.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- iv, 345 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Van Nostrand, [1968]
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Apparent language. The demeaning of meaning: the language of politics ; Instead of a sonata: the sounds of silence ; Hidden language: the rites of ritual ; On eating the menu: kicking words ; Names: the emblems of identity
- pt. 2. Transparent language. Meaning: the case of the missing snuffbox ; The private eyes of inference ; The chimeras of context ; Tribal typing: the code of classes ; Taboo: the forbidden tree ; Escalation of rhetoric: the power of negative thinking.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wagner, Geoffrey Atheling. On the wisdom of words.
- OCLC:
- 173457
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