creators_name: Morton, Adam type: preprint datestamp: 1998-01-22 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:53:45 metadata_visibility: show title: Where Demonstratives Meet Vagueness: Possible Languages ispublished: unpub subjects: ling-learn subjects: ling-prag subjects: phil-lang full_text_status: public abstract: I argue that both demonstratives and vague predicates are instances of some more general linguistic phenomena, which could take quite different forms. My argument consists in constructing three natural-like langauges, and using their intelligibility to argue for conclusions about languages such as English. date: 1998-10 date_type: published refereed: FALSE citation: Morton, Adam (1998) Where Demonstratives Meet Vagueness: Possible Languages. [Preprint] (Unpublished) document_url: http://cogprints.org/237/1/199801002.html