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Geoffrey Leech

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Birthplace: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Death: August 20, 2014

Educated At: University College London

Nationality: United Kingdom

Occupations: Philologist, Linguist, University Teacher

Total quotes: 1

“Most conceptual categories in the human mind and in language are characterized by a core of clear cases, with a blurry periphery of unclear, borderline cases.”

— Geoffrey Leech, Language in Literature

Tagged: Good Ambiguity, Ambiguity, V Prop, Taxonomy, Limits of Categorization, Naming Things, Conceptual Blending

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