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This document discusses lexical pragmatics and how word meanings can be narrowed, approximated, or used metaphorically from their literal meanings. It proposes that these uses can be explained by the pragmatic construction of ad hoc concepts based on the context. This approach has implications for theories of meaning, concepts, and innateness. It suggests that there are many more concepts than words, as new concepts can be created pragmatically, and that innate mechanisms construct concepts rather than the

Author

Zohra Fatima

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