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Presentation from the Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival, 2011 (no voiceover, sorry)TRANSCRIPT
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The Language Is The Dictionary
Erin McKean
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Flickr: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0: baking_in_pearls
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CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 Andrew Kurjata
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Flickr: oldtasty
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CC-BY-NC-2.0 Marc Wathieu
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Flickr: alexanderdrachmann
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size matters
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Number of Words
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what does it all mean?
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Obligatory Wittgenstein Reference
The meaning of a word is its use in
the language.
Ben Richards 1947
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“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that's all.”
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how dictionaries are made
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Not-So-Obligatory Trench Reference
Let the quotations yield as much information as they can be made to yield, in subordination to their primary purpose, which is, to illustrate the word, and not to tell us about the thing; and in the due and happy selection of these, so as, if possible, to combine both objects, the lexicographer may display eminent skill.
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
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Flickr: oldtasty
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Flickr: CC-BY-ND-2.0 cdrummbks
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geeksta
graphene
bancassurance
purikura
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Flickr: billjon
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Number of Words
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de gustibus …
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CC-BY-SA-2.5 XKCD
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What’s Real?
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context is everything
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Ebay: Lego Minfigs & More/Flickr: Dunechaser
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who’s your daddy?
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