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Bluspels and Flalansferes

C. S. Lewis

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The Importance of Language

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Frontmatter i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v
FOREWORD ix
CONTENTS xi
Words and Their Meanings 1
Thought and Language 13
Bluspels and Flalansferes 36
Poetic Diction and Legal Fiction 51
The Language of Magic 72
U and Non-U: An Essay in Sociological Linguistics 91
The Resources of Language 107
Essentially Contested Concepts 121
The Theory of Meaning 147
ABOUT THE AUTHORS 171

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v
FOREWORD ix
CONTENTS xi
Words and Their Meanings 1
Thought and Language 13
Bluspels and Flalansferes 36
Poetic Diction and Legal Fiction 51
The Language of Magic 72
U and Non-U: An Essay in Sociological Linguistics 91
The Resources of Language 107
Essentially Contested Concepts 121
The Theory of Meaning 147
ABOUT THE AUTHORS 171

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