Vagueness and Language Use
Description
This volume brings together twelve papers by linguists and philosophers contributing novel empirical and formal considerations to theorizing about vagueness. Three main issues are addressed: gradable expressions and comparison, the semantics of degree adverbs and intensifiers (such as 'clearly'), and ways of evading the sorites paradox.
Keywords
PhilosophyMind & BodyLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsPragmaticsReferenceSemanticsLanguage
2011Book
Author(s)Paul Égré
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230238619
LanguageEnglish
