Gradability in Natural Language

Gradability in Natural Language
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 229
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ISBN-10 : 9780198724797
ISBN-13 : 0198724799
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Book Synopsis Gradability in Natural Language by : Heather Burnett

Download or read book Gradability in Natural Language written by Heather Burnett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a new theory of the relationship between vagueness, context-sensitivity, gradability, and scale structure in natural language. Heather Burnett proposes a new formal reasoning system called DelTCS in which she sets out a completely new theory of gradable linguistic constructions.


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