Colloquial language

Colloquial language

Colloquial language, especially in philosophy of language, is natural language which, among other properties, uses colloquialisms. In the field of logical atomism, meaning is evaluated differently than with more formal propositions.

See also

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Ludwig Wittgenstein



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