I had the good fortune to grow up in a wonderful area of Jerusalem, surrounded by a diverse range of people: Rabbi Meizel, the communist Sala Marcel, my widowed Aunt Hannah, and the intellectual Yaacovson. As far as I'm concerned, the opinion of such people is just as authoritative for making...

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART 1 ECONOMICS OF LANGUAGE -- CHAPTER 0 ECONOMICS AND LANGUAGE -- 0.1 Economics and language -- 0.2 Outline of the lectures -- 0.3 One more personal comment -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 1 CHOOSING THE SEMANTIC PROPERTIES...