3V0833.01 “Meaning”: asking about unknown references (5/4/80)

Peggy has begun to inquire about what some incomprehensible
utterance means. At supper this evening, we were discussing my next
trip to Boston (Peggy is beginning to claim she should come along.)
When, among familiar words, I mentioned going to “Logo”, Peggy
immediately asked, “What meaning ‘Logo’?” Gretchen said she has been
doing this recently, so this is cited as an example of what is now typical
linguistic skill, to inquire about the meaning of some utterance
segment when the interpretation failure has been localized there.

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