Philosophy is a dictionary . . .

You're like me Jordyn, often resorting to a dictionary for more clarification of meaning. What's a bitch though is that some dictionaries contradict one another, and when it comes to translation it's even more messy . . . especially when one looks at classic philosophy and Greek definitions. That is what I sort of enjoy about old Western philosophy as well, most German phrasing has been left alone as it is usually in some way tied into Greek phrasing, but impossible to translate.

Have you ever looked into deconstruction? Also, Sartre had an essay or two concerning language; and although I never read him, Wittgenstein was apparently another interesting philosopher concerned with language.