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.
- ISBN13 9780792347804
- Publish Date 30 November 1997
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Springer
- Edition 1998 ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 310
- Language English