Vagueness, Gradability and Typicality
Subtitle: The Interpretation of Adjectives and Nouns
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9789004248588
Subjects: Pragmatics; Semantics; Grammar, comparative and general; Philosophy
Description: This text presents research into the manifestations of vagueness and gradability in nouns vs. adjectives, from both a psychological and a formal semantic perspective. Psychological notions are incorporated into truth conditional semantics. The result is a comprehensive unified approach.