The Meaning of Meaning Author:C.K. Ogden & I.A. Richards The Meaning of Meaning is an important and influential book that has played a pioneering role in the study of language and communication, literary criticism, and philosophy. It is an attempt to identify the use, in language, of signs for symbolic purposes - indicating actual referrants - and for emotive purposes - expression of attitudes - and t... more »hereby to encourage greater precision of meaning.« less