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Language in Thought and Action Language in Thought and Action (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 1,369 ratings — published 1939
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Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 393 ratings — published 1933
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Semantics Semantics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.63 — 252 ratings — published 1996
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Semantics in Generative Grammar Semantics in Generative Grammar (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 95 ratings — published 1997
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The Tyranny of Words The Tyranny of Words (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 299 ratings — published 1938
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Philosophical Investigations Philosophical Investigations (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 16,154 ratings — published 1953
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Metaphors We Live By Metaphors We Live By (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 7,184 ratings — published 1980
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 53,971 ratings — published 1979
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People in Quandaries: The Semantics of Personal Adjustment People in Quandaries: The Semantics of Personal Adjustment (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 41 ratings — published 1946
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Manhood of Humanity: The Science and Art of Human Engineering (Classic Reprint) Manhood of Humanity: The Science and Art of Human Engineering (Classic Reprint)
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avg rating 3.97 — 139 ratings — published 1921
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Drive Yourself Sane : Using the Uncommon Sense of General Semantics Drive Yourself Sane : Using the Uncommon Sense of General Semantics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 100 ratings — published 2000
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Analyzing meaning Analyzing meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 35 ratings — published
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Logic, Semantics, Metamathematics (English and Polish Edition) Logic, Semantics, Metamathematics (English and Polish Edition)
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avg rating 4.49 — 41 ratings — published 1956
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 21,695 ratings — published 2014
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Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics) Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)
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avg rating 4.32 — 1,923 ratings — published
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Lexical Semantics (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) Lexical Semantics (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
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avg rating 3.97 — 32 ratings — published 1986
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Introduction to Montague Semantics (Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 11) Introduction to Montague Semantics (Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, 11)
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avg rating 4.16 — 25 ratings — published 1980
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Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 1,127 ratings — published 1987
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Semantics: Primes and Universals Semantics: Primes and Universals (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 24 ratings — published 1996
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Naming and Necessity Naming and Necessity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 4,578 ratings — published 1971
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Semantics and Cognition (Current Studies in Linguistics) Semantics and Cognition (Current Studies in Linguistics)
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avg rating 4.10 — 40 ratings — published 1983
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USERS GUIDE TO THOUGHT & MEANING CLOTH USERS GUIDE TO THOUGHT & MEANING CLOTH (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 114 ratings — published 2011
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An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R (Springer Texts in Statistics) An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R (Springer Texts in Statistics)
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avg rating 4.59 — 2,362 ratings — published 2013
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Meaning: A Slim Guide to Semantics (Oxford Linguistics) Meaning: A Slim Guide to Semantics (Oxford Linguistics)
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avg rating 4.00 — 50 ratings — published 2011
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Semantics (Modern Linguistics) Semantics (Modern Linguistics)
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avg rating 3.66 — 68 ratings — published 2000
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What Is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics. What Is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics. (paperback)
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avg rating 3.50 — 48 ratings — published 2005
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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 4,494 ratings — published 1994
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Selections from Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics Selections from Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 104 ratings — published 2010
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Semantics Semantics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.79 — 76 ratings — published 1976
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Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 1,455 ratings — published 2002
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Mythologies Mythologies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 17,671 ratings — published 1957
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Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics) Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics)
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avg rating 3.46 — 67 ratings — published 2000
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Biblical Words and Their Meaning Biblical Words and Their Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 200 ratings — published 1983
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 22,752 ratings — published 1994
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Meaning and Grammar: An Introduction to Semantics Meaning and Grammar: An Introduction to Semantics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 21 ratings — published 1990
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On Interpretation On Interpretation (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 463 ratings — published -347
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CrossCultural Pragmatics: The Semantics of Human Interaction CrossCultural Pragmatics: The Semantics of Human Interaction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 36 ratings — published 1991
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Geometry of Meaning: Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces Geometry of Meaning: Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 32 ratings — published 2014
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Words and Meanings: Lexical Semantics Across Domains, Languages, and Cultures Words and Meanings: Lexical Semantics Across Domains, Languages, and Cultures (ebook)
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avg rating 4.07 — 14 ratings — published 2013
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Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic (Midway Reprints) Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic (Midway Reprints)
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avg rating 4.16 — 99 ratings — published 1947
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Elements of Semiology Elements of Semiology (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 1,068 ratings — published 1964
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General Semantics: An Outline Survey General Semantics: An Outline Survey (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 2004
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Levels of Knowing and Existence: Studies in General Semantics Levels of Knowing and Existence: Studies in General Semantics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.78 — 27 ratings — published
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The Art of Awareness: A Textbook on General Semantics and Epistemics The Art of Awareness: A Textbook on General Semantics and Epistemics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 8 ratings — published 1973
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Semantics of Natural Language (Synthese Library, 40) Semantics of Natural Language (Synthese Library, 40)
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avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1973
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Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 184 ratings — published 2007
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English Verb Classes and Alternations: A Preliminary Investigation English Verb Classes and Alternations: A Preliminary Investigation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 23 ratings — published 1993
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Themes from Kaplan Themes from Kaplan (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 10 ratings — published 1989
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“All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material out of which laws are made, out of which the Constitution was written. Everything depends on our understanding of them.”
Felix Frankfurter

John Mark Comer
“This is not just semantics. Language matters.”
John Mark Comer, Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

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