Unruly Words

Unruly Words
Author: Diana Raffman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2014-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199915105

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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.


Unruly Words
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Diana Raffman
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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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 t
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Pages: 289
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Categories: History
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