 | Stephen Mulhall - 1994 - 386 pages
...words come 'trailing clouds of etymology' — a metaphor that he unpacks in the following way: '. . . a word never — well, hardly ever — shakes off...still persist the old idea. In an accident something hefalls; hy mistake you take the wrong one; in error you stray . . .' (PP s0i-s). In that context,... | |
 | John S. Nelson - 1998 - 316 pages
...meanings as though they were old baggage or clothes to be discarded once and for all. As JL Austin wrote, "A word never — well, hardly ever — shakes off...meanings, and indeed rather pervading and governing them, there will persist the old idea."13 The fine philosopher-poet of ordinary language and mundane... | |
 | Joan Bastardas - 1998 - 228 pages
...s'havia mostrat més cautelós i s'expressava d'una manera més matisada i potser també més precisa: «a word never — well, hardly ever — shakes off its etymology and its formation». Evidentment quan Austin afirma que els mots no obliden el seu origen ni acaben mai de desprendre's... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 604 pages
...recognized none the less. St Augustine, 397-8, Confessions (trans. RS PineCoffin), XI, Sect. 20 5:2 A word never - well, hardly ever - shakes off its...governing these, there will still persist the old idea. JL Austin, 1961, 'A Plea for Excuses', in Philosophical Papers, Ch. 6 5:3 The criterion which we use... | |
 | Edmund E. Jacobitti - 2000 - 194 pages
...clothes to be discarded once and for all. As JL Austin wrote, "A word never—well, hardly ever—shakes off its etymology and its formation. In spite of all...meanings, and indeed rather pervading and governing them, there will persist the old idea." 11 The fine philosopher-poet of ordinary language and mundane... | |
 | Nathalie Gontier - 2006 - 357 pages
...aanleiding voor enkele bespiegelingen hieromtrent: "a word never - well, hardly ever - shakes offits etymology and its formation. In spite of all changes in and extensions of and additions to its meaninvs, and indeed rather pervadinv and vpverninv these, there l ér> *" r ö ö ö > will still... | |
 | Jules L. Coleman - 1994 - 576 pages
...points of method whieh are, experienee has eonvineed me, indispensahle aids at these levels. One is that a word never— well, hardly ever — shakes off its etymology and its formation. In spite of all ehanges in and extensions of and additions to its meanings, and indeed rather pervading and governing... | |
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One is that a word never — well, hardly ever — shakes off its etymology and its formation. In spite of all changes in and extensions of and additions to its meanings, and indeed rather pervading and governing these, there will still persist the old... 
