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'''Vagueness''' is the phenomenon that the meaning of an expression is not exactly determined, due to the impreciseness of natural language. In ''John is tall'', the meaning of the adjective ''tall'' is vague in the sense that the precise degree of tallness is indeterminable. Vagueness is not to be confused with [[ambiguity]], even though the two are not always clearly distinguishable. | '''Vagueness''' is the phenomenon that the meaning of an expression is not exactly determined, due to the impreciseness of natural language. In ''John is tall'', the meaning of the adjective ''tall'' is vague in the sense that the precise degree of tallness is indeterminable. Vagueness is not to be confused with [[ambiguity]], even though the two are not always clearly distinguishable. | ||
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| − | + | *[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Vagueness&lemmacode=103 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | |
| − | [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Vagueness&lemmacode=103 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
* Chierchia and McConnell-Ginet 1990. ''Meaning and grammar,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. | * Chierchia and McConnell-Ginet 1990. ''Meaning and grammar,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. | ||
| − | + | ==Other languages== | |
German [[Vagheit]] <br> | German [[Vagheit]] <br> | ||
Italian [[Vaghezza semantica]] | Italian [[Vaghezza semantica]] | ||
Revision as of 08:44, 30 August 2014
Definition
Vagueness is the phenomenon that the meaning of an expression is not exactly determined, due to the impreciseness of natural language. In John is tall, the meaning of the adjective tall is vague in the sense that the precise degree of tallness is indeterminable. Vagueness is not to be confused with ambiguity, even though the two are not always clearly distinguishable.
Links
References
- Chierchia and McConnell-Ginet 1990. Meaning and grammar, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Other languages
German Vagheit
Italian Vaghezza semantica
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