Vagueness and Language Use

By Nathan Klinedinst and Paul Égré

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349315745
• ISBN13: 9781349315741
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"