Charles Peirce and the Secret of the Harvard O. K
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16305609 |
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| Authors | Christian J W Kloesel (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55 |
| Publication date | 1979-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The New England Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-4866 • E-ISSN: 1937-2213 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/364355 |
| OpenAlex | W2319014272 |
| Language | EN |
M UCH has been, and more will be, said and written about O.K., the most frequently used abbreviation in American speech. Since its emergence in 1839-which is also the year of Charles Peirce's birth-O.K. has passed all linguistic and geographical boundaries, and has become so familiar in other countries that its origin and meaning have been explained to derive from their native idiom. But as Allen Read has shown
Art · Theology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Lexicography and Language Studies · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
| Highly cited | No |
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