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1.1 The birth of lexical semantics
"Lexical semantics as an academic discipline in its own right originated in the early
nineteenth century, but that does not mean that matters of word meaning had not
been discussed earlier. Three traditions are relevant: the tradition of speculative
etymology, the teaching of rhetoric, and the compilation of dictionaries."
— Jul 17, 2017 10:41AM
"Lexical semantics as an academic discipline in its own right originated in the early
nineteenth century, but that does not mean that matters of word meaning had not
been discussed earlier. Three traditions are relevant: the tradition of speculative
etymology, the teaching of rhetoric, and the compilation of dictionaries."
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