Quote: a speaker wants to unify distinct meanings in one word, while an auditor wants diversity with one word per meaning; these conflicting economies lead to vocabulary balance

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As far as the problem of words and … each case to the number of different meanings … to be verbalized, there will be (1) a … distinctive meanings; and there will also be (2) … for each word. Obviously the two opposing economies … [Call them the Force of Unification and the Force of Diversification respectively.] … [p. 22] From this it follows that whenever a … efficiently by seeking a balance between the economy … and the economy of a larger one of … , with the result that the vocabulary of … theoretical Forces of Unification and Diversification.   Google-1   Google-2

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