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Although it is true of all material objects recovered by archaeology that they carry
a symbolic meaning , however mundane , a text is perhaps unique in conveying
a meaning explicitly by means of language . Admittedly , there are problems first
...
Although it is true of all material objects recovered by archaeology that they carry
a symbolic meaning , however mundane , a text is perhaps unique in conveying
a meaning explicitly by means of language . Admittedly , there are problems first
...
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Second , Namiki is recorded in the Nihon Shoki with the characters meaning ' row
of kil , whereas in the Kojiki it is ... all to a form of settlement or indeed to trees ,
since there were two words ki , homophones , with these respective meanings .
Second , Namiki is recorded in the Nihon Shoki with the characters meaning ' row
of kil , whereas in the Kojiki it is ... all to a form of settlement or indeed to trees ,
since there were two words ki , homophones , with these respective meanings .
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The predominance of semantically used characters in this name suggests that
the scribe thought he knew what the name meant and chose characters to
represent those meanings - - except for one element , iniwe , whose meaning he
...
The predominance of semantically used characters in this name suggests that
the scribe thought he knew what the name meant and chose characters to
represent those meanings - - except for one element , iniwe , whose meaning he
...
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