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This chapter discusses past and present work in philology (the historical study of language) and pragmatics (the naturally occurring social usage of language), as well as some of the more important contributions of philosophers of language and linguists as they may relate to key words.
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Martens, B.V.d.V. (2023). Philologies, Philosophies, Pragmatics. In: Keywords In and Out of Context . Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32530-4_4
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