Gradability in Natural Language Logical and Grammatical Foundations |
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| Author:
| Burnett, Heather |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-872479-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2017 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $135.00 |
Book Description:
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This book presents a new theory of the relationship between vagueness, context-sensitivity, gradability, and scale structure in natural language. Heather Burnett proposes a new formal reasoning system called DelTCS in which she sets out a completely new theory of gradable linguistic constructions.
This book presents a new theory of the relationship between vagueness, context-sensitivity, gradability, and scale structure in natural language. Heather Burnett proposes a new formal reasoning system called DelTCS in which she sets out a completely new theory of gradable linguistic constructions.