Unruly words: a study of vague language
Auteur :
Raffman, Diana
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780199915101
Date de publication :
23 janv. 2014
Dimensions :
21,9 x 14,7 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
395 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In Unruly Words, Diana Raffman advances a new theory of vagueness which, unlike previous accounts, is genuinely semantic while preserving bivalence. According to this new approach, called the multiple range theory, vagueness consists essentially in a term's being applicable in multiple arbitrarily different, but equally competent, ways, even when contextual factors are fixed.