Contexts, non-specificity, and minimalism

Atlas (2007) argues that semantic minimalism (as defended by Cappelen & Lepore 2005) fails because it cannot deal with semantic non-specificity. I argue that thereis a plausible version of minimalism-viz., situated minimalism-which doesn't succumb to the non-specificity charge insofar as no...

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Main Author: Eros Corazza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2014-06-01
Series:Manuscrito
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-60452014000100001&tlng=en