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Box 5.1
Multivalency of Words
“When
I
use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means just
what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you
can
make words mean so many dif-
ferent things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that's all.”
—Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There.
(Carroll
1871/1998, 183-186)
