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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...

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