Vagueness and Language Use /
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&...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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| Series: | Palgrave studies in pragmatics, language, and cognition.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XII, 319 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780230299313 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/9780230299313 |