Book contents
- How Language Makes Meaning
- How Language Makes Meaning
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Examples
- Chapter 1 The Coin Toss
- Chapter 2 Deviance
- Chapter 3 Omission
- Chapter 4 Imprecision
- Chapter 5 Indirectness
- Chapter 6 Figurativeness
- Chapter 7 Language Play
- Chapter 8 THE Social Media
- Chapter 9 The Art of Language
- Chapter 10 The End Game
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
Chapter 4 - Imprecision
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2019
- How Language Makes Meaning
- How Language Makes Meaning
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Examples
- Chapter 1 The Coin Toss
- Chapter 2 Deviance
- Chapter 3 Omission
- Chapter 4 Imprecision
- Chapter 5 Indirectness
- Chapter 6 Figurativeness
- Chapter 7 Language Play
- Chapter 8 THE Social Media
- Chapter 9 The Art of Language
- Chapter 10 The End Game
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
Summary
At a backyard barbeque at a friend’s home some years ago, a wide array of conversational topics was making the rounds among the twenty or so people present – most of whom were well-acquainted university colleagues, their partners, children and friends The yard, as well as the conversational participants’ behavior, also resulted in an unusual acoustic situation.
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- How Language Makes MeaningEmbodiment and Conjoined Antonymy, pp. 47 - 69Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019