On the optimality of vagueness: “around”, “between” and the Gricean maxims
Abstract Why is ordinary language vague? We argue that in contexts in which a cooperative speaker is not perfectly informed about the world, the use of vague expressions can offer an optimal tradeoff between truthfulness (Gricean Quality) and informativeness (Gricean Quantity). Focusi...
Main Authors: | Égré, Paul, Spector, Benjamin, Mortier, Adèle, Verheyen, Steven |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
2023
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/152305 |
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