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The character of natural language semantics
In Alex Barber (ed.), Epistemology of language. Oxford University Press. pp. 217--256 (2003)
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Paul M. Pietroski, University of Maryland I had heard it said that Chomsky’s conception of language is at odds with the truth-conditional program in semantics. Some of my friends said it so often that the point—or at least a point—finally sunk in.Author's Profile
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