Varieties of Tone: Frege, Dummett and the Shades of Meaning

Kortum, R.

In clear and lively prose that avoids jargon, the author carefully and systematically examines the many kinds of subtly nuanced words or word-pairs of everyday discourse such as 'and'-'but', 'before'-'ere', 'Chinese'-'Chink', and 'sweat'-'perspiration', that have proven resistant to truth-conditional explanations of meaning.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-11-15

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137263537

DOI: 10.1057/9781137263544

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 258