The Meaning of Meaning
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The Meaning of Meaning is a seminal 1923 work in semantics and the philosophy of language by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards that explores how language, symbols, and thought are related.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Meaning of Meaning canonical | 6 |
| Ogden and Richards' triangle | 1 |
| The Meaning of ‘Meaning’ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2968896 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Meaning of Meaning Context triple: [C. K. Ogden, knownFor, The Meaning of Meaning]
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How to Do Things with Words
How to Do Things with Words is a foundational work in 20th-century philosophy of language by J. L. Austin that introduced speech act theory and transformed understandings of how language functions in practice.
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Syntactic Structures
Syntactic Structures is a landmark 1957 book by linguist Noam Chomsky that revolutionized the study of language by introducing generative grammar and challenging behaviorist views of linguistics.
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C.
Cartesian Linguistics
Cartesian Linguistics is a 1966 book by Noam Chomsky that explores the historical roots of modern linguistics in rationalist philosophy, particularly the Cartesian tradition.
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D.
On Sense and Reference
On Sense and Reference is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that distinguishes between the sense (meaning) and reference (denotation) of linguistic expressions, profoundly influencing analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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E.
Logic of Sense
Logic of Sense is a 1969 philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that explores language, paradox, and the concept of sense through engagements with Stoicism, psychoanalysis, and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Meaning of Meaning Target entity description: The Meaning of Meaning is a seminal 1923 work in semantics and the philosophy of language by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards that explores how language, symbols, and thought are related.
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A.
How to Do Things with Words
How to Do Things with Words is a foundational work in 20th-century philosophy of language by J. L. Austin that introduced speech act theory and transformed understandings of how language functions in practice.
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B.
Syntactic Structures
Syntactic Structures is a landmark 1957 book by linguist Noam Chomsky that revolutionized the study of language by introducing generative grammar and challenging behaviorist views of linguistics.
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C.
Cartesian Linguistics
Cartesian Linguistics is a 1966 book by Noam Chomsky that explores the historical roots of modern linguistics in rationalist philosophy, particularly the Cartesian tradition.
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D.
On Sense and Reference
On Sense and Reference is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that distinguishes between the sense (meaning) and reference (denotation) of linguistic expressions, profoundly influencing analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language.
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E.
Logic of Sense
Logic of Sense is a 1969 philosophical work by Gilles Deleuze that explores language, paradox, and the concept of sense through engagements with Stoicism, psychoanalysis, and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ work in philosophy of language ⓘ work on semantics ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Meaning of Meaning
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surface form:
Ogden and Richards' triangle
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| author |
C. K. Ogden
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I. A. Richards ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
C. K. Ogden
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I. A. Richards ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes | relationship between language, symbols, and thought ⓘ |
| field |
linguistics
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philosophy ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| genre | academic monograph ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
ambiguity
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context of situation ⓘ definition ⓘ emotive meaning ⓘ metaphor ⓘ referent ⓘ referential meaning ⓘ sign ⓘ symbol ⓘ symbolism in language ⓘ thought or reference ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
literary theory
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philosophy of mind ⓘ pragmatics ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century semantics
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analytic philosophy ⓘ communication studies ⓘ semiotics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interdisciplinary approach to language and thought
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introduction of the triangle of reference model ⓘ systematic analysis of meaning in language ⓘ |
| proposes | triangle of reference ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| subject |
communication theory
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linguistics ⓘ meaning ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ psychology of language ⓘ reference ⓘ semantics ⓘ semiotics ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Meaning of Meaning Description of subject: The Meaning of Meaning is a seminal 1923 work in semantics and the philosophy of language by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards that explores how language, symbols, and thought are related.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ogden and Richards' triangle
this entity surface form:
The Meaning of ‘Meaning’