A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

All words at every level of prose and poetry and all devices of language and speech derive their meaning from figure / ground relation.
Quoted in McLuhan: A Guide for the Perplexed by W. Terrence Gordon (2010), p. 167
Quote #2316
Year: 2010
Chapter: Figure/Ground
Compiled by William Kuhns
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