Literal Meaning and Psychological Theory*
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- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Cognitive Science
- Vol. 8 (3) , 275-304
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15516709cog0803_4
Abstract
This paper evaluates the psychological status of literal meaning. Most linguistic and philosophical theories assume that sentences have well-specified literal meanings which represent the meaning of ...Keywords
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