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.
| Author: Jaakko Hintikka |
| Publisher: Springer |
| Publication Date: 40527 |
| Number of Pages: 310 pages |
| Binding: Philosophy |
| ISBN-10: 9048149304 |
| ISBN-13: 9789048149308 |