Unruly Words: A Study of Vague Language

Unruly Words: A Study of Vague Language

by Diana Raffman (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 232
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01 Feb 2014

ISBN 10: 0199915105
ISBN 13: 9780199915101