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The metaphysics market - stocking language as something social
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This is the fifth of a series of studies in which prototypical conceptions of language are turned inside out. It has to be read together with the first four, The Metaphysics Market: 1 Merchandizing Language as Matter C= SPIL 20, 1989), The Metaphysics Market: 2 Billing Language as Behavioural (= SPIL 21, 1990), The Metaphysics Market: 3 Selling Language as Soul ("= SPIL 22, 1990) and The Metaphysics Market: i Pushing Language as Platonic (not to mention Popperian) C= SPIL 23, 1991).
