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Language is Inherently Ambiguous

Language is Inherently Ambiguous

What Does the Word "Root" Really Mean?

Patterson in Pursuit

June 22, 20177m 45s

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Show Notes

Ambiguity is part of language. Words do not have objective definitions; they mean whatever you want them to mean.

You don't hear or see words - you hear sounds and see blobs of color that qualify as "words" by your own conceptual criteria.



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