| Institute of General Semantics - 1974 - 416 lapas
...opportunity to make this into a very valuable experience. 1 deem that Humpty-Dumpty had it aright: "When 1 use a word," Humpty-Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less." To act as if a symbol 'has' some 'one right... | |
| John Lyons - 1981 - 374 lapas
...principal kinds of meaning that are encoded in natural languages. 2. " "When I use a word", Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, "it means what I choose...less" " (Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass: cf. Palmer, 1976: 4). Does a speaker always and necessarily mean what his utterance means? Does he... | |
| Frank Robert Palmer - 1981 - 236 lapas
...may recall Lewis Carroll once again (Through the Looking-Glass): 'When I use a word', Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, 'it means what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.' An individual's meaning is not part of the general study of semantics. Of course, it... | |
| Harvey P. Alper - 1989 - 356 lapas
...discussion of Ksemaraja's citation of these verses. Mantras — What Are They? Andre Padoux* "When / use a word," Humpty-Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." AS HE NEARS THE END of this book, the reader... | |
| Harvey P. Alper - 1991 - 554 lapas
...discussion of Ksemaraja's citation of these verses. Mantras — What Are They? André Padoux* "When / use a word," Humpty-Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." AS HE NEARS THE END of this book, the reader... | |
| Gregory A. Kimble - 1995 - 180 lapas
...they meet that operational criterion, Meaning 1 can be arbitrary: "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."... | |
| C.E. Aull, R. Lowen - 1997 - 416 lapas
...simple in Haus. 4.8.3. Zero—dimensionally k-Compact Spaces "When I use a word," Humpty Dumptysaid, in a rather scornful tone, "it means what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." Lewis Carroll59 HONG [1973] introduced zero-dimensionally k-compact spaces as zero-di59From Through the Looking... | |
| Peter J. Eccles - 1997 - 366 lapas
...the head of any piece of mathematical writing. 'When / use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.' Lewis Сarroll, Through the looking glass and what Alice found there. This reminds us that when we meet a... | |
| W. R. Clement - 1998 - 485 lapas
...about the quality of the system, his reply was Lewis Carroll understood how language works: "When l use a word," Humpty-Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what l choose it to mean — neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you... | |
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