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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