What did J. L. Austin mean by: Why should it not be the whole function of a word to denote many things? - J. L. Austin Copy
+ Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. L. Austin, Fake People, Vague, 0 - J. L. Austin
+ Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, J. L. Austin, Language, Ordinary, 0 - J. L. Austin
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