Language as a Commons by Erin McKean
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The commons is not a new idea, but rather one that has been assisting in the generation of meaning since human beings developed the ability to recognise and replicate signs. Erin McKean, the best-dressed lexicographer in the business, explodes the myth of the commons as a digital phenomenon.
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- These. Or things that act like dictionaries. So first off, I want to apologize, because if you read the abstract of my talk in the program – well, that was three minutes of your life wasted. I feel the need to say that any relationship between that abstract and this talk is purely accidental. I was going to say a lot of, well,