Paradigms for Language Theory and Other Essays von Jaakko Hintikka | ISBN 9789401725316

Paradigms for Language Theory and Other Essays

von Jaakko Hintikka
Buchcover Paradigms for Language Theory and Other Essays | Jaakko Hintikka | EAN 9789401725316 | ISBN 94-017-2531-4 | ISBN 978-94-017-2531-6

Paradigms for Language Theory and Other Essays

von Jaakko Hintikka
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.