The Esthetics of Synonymy

Authors

Dmitri A. Borgmann

Abstract

If our language were ideal, it would exhibit a one-to-one correspondence between thought and word. For each possible thought, there would be one (but no more than one) matching word.

Recommended Citation

Borgmann, Dmitri A. (1976) "The Esthetics of Synonymy," Word Ways: Vol. 9 : Iss. 2 , Article 17.
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