Phenomenological Reviews

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203436

Paradigms for language theory and other essays

Jaakko Hintikka

Abstract

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.

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Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Dordrecht

Year: 1998

Pages: 310

Series: Jaakko Hintikka Selected Papers

Series volume: 4

ISBN (hardback): 978-90-481-4930-8

ISBN (digital): 978-94-017-2531-6

Full citation:

Hintikka Jaakko (1998) Paradigms for language theory and other essays. Dordrecht, Springer.