Paradigms for Language Theory and Other Essays

Jaakko Hintikka

Paradigms for Language Theory and Other Essays
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Springer
Country
NL
Published
15 December 2010
Pages
310
ISBN
9789048149308

Paradigms for Language Theory and Other Essays

Jaakko Hintikka

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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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