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Quote: need to determine the relevant, semantic differences between a word's distributive and contrastive sets; disambiguation

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meaning of words

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195. The second fundamental step in determining what … between the relevant utterances of the distributive set … [,J. Works, 1843], this may be referred to as "disambiguation." … [For example,] A relevant difference between wanting a tiger … [In other cases,] Disambiguation is, as it were, something of an art. …   Google-1   Google-2

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