Ebook: Unruly words : a study of vague language
Author: Raffman Diana
- Tags: Semantics. Vagueness (Philosophy) Ambiguity. Language and languages -- Philosophy. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Language: English
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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.
Abstract: 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