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This book is dealing with common English words that have different meanings. A certain word may have a certain meaning in a specific context,then the same word

An argument as timely as it is timeless, Aldous Huxley's Words and Their Meanings argues the significance and power of words. A less well-known work originally

How do children learn that the word "dog" refers not to all four-legged animals, and not just to Ralph, but to all members of a particular species? How do they

The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary

Provides entries for over 315,000 words and phrases, and includes a list of new words.