The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolism. With supplementary essays by B. Malinowski and F. G. Crookshank. (International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method.)

Ogden, C.K. and I. A. Richards

Published by Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, London, 1960

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8vo. Publisher cloth in cream dust jacket printed in blue. Price on front flap 28s. net. Printed by Lund Humphries, London and Bradford. Series list at front; diagrams and tables. Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. Jacket lightly toned overall with scattered tiny spots and faint splash marks to spine panel, a touch of rubbing and a few small nicks at extremities; no large chips; price intact on flap. Boards tight and square under the jacket. Text clean and unmarked on bright paper; binding sound. Light waviness to the bottom edge of the text block from binding, not moisture related. Now in a removable clear protector. ---. A cornerstone work in semantics and the philosophy of language, notable for the Ogden-Richards triangle of reference and its treatment of symbols, meaning, and sign-situations; long a key text in the International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method. This copy is not a first edition of 1923; per the printing history it is the 1960 fifth impression of the Tenth edition, which corresponds to the fourteenth overall impression of the work. Jacket states Fourteenth impression, matching the imprint sequence. A solid, clean example for reading or reference, uncommon in such presentable jacketed condition for this later printing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolism. With supplementary essays by B. Malinowski and F. G. Crookshank. (International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method.)
• Publisher: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Tenth edition, fifth impression.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good