Gricean Semantics and Vague Speaker-Meaning
Gricean Semantics and Vague Speaker-Meaning
Author(s): Stephen SchifferSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Metaphysics, Semantics, Philosophy of Language
Published by: KruZak
Keywords: Gricean semantics; Stephen Neale; proposition; vagueness; vague speaker-meaning;
Summary/Abstract: Presentations of Gricean semantics, including Stephen Neale’s in “Silent Reference,” totally ignore vagueness, even though virtually every utterance is vague. I ask how Gricean semantics might be adjusted to accommodate vague speaker-meaning. My answer is that it can’t accommodate it: the Gricean program collapses in the face of vague speaker-meaning. The Gricean might, however, find some solace in knowing that every other extant meta-semantic and semantic program is in the same boat.
Journal: Croatian Journal of Philosophy
- Issue Year: XVII/2017
- Issue No: 51
- Page Range: 293-317
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English
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