Several of the basic ideas of current language theory are subjected to critical scrutiny and found wanting, including the concept of scope, the hegemony of generative syntax, the Frege-Russell claim that verbs like `is' are ambiguous, and the assumptions underlying the so-called New Theory of Reference. In their stead, new constructive ideas are proposed.A related phenomenon is found in the field of multiple questions.23 There accidental syntactical factors dona#39;t limit the class of acceptable sentences, but rather the class of acceptable ... Florida State University, Tallahassee NOTES Word, vol.
Title | : | Paradigms for Language Theory and Other Essays |
Author | : | Jaakko Hintikka |
Publisher | : | Springer Science & Business Media - 2013-04-17 |
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