Andras Kertesz, Csilla Rakosi

Inconsistency in Linguistic Theorising (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first systematic analysis of the emergence of, and the resolution strategies for, inconsistency in linguistic theorizing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009121170
• Artikelnr.: 70909354

Autorenporträt

András Kertész is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Debrecen (Hungary). He is Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and of Academia Europaea. His fields of research are the philosophy of linguistics and theoretical linguistics. Notable publications include Data and Evidence in Linguistics (Cambridge University Press 2012; with Csilla Rákosi).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: the Main Problem (P)
Part I. The State of the Art: 2. Approaches to inconsistency in the philosophy of science
3. Approaches to inconsistency in linguistic theorising
Part II. Paraconsistency: 4. The paraconsistent treatment of inconsistency
5. Prospects and limits of the paraconsistent treatment of inconsistency
Part III. Plausible Argumentation: 6. From paraconsistency to plausible argumentation
7. Inconsistency and theory change
8. The treatment of inconsistency in Optimality Theory
9. The heuristics of inconsistency resolution
Part IV. Summary: 10. The methodological background
11. Conclusions.