Language Questions
Barbara Strang, 17 July 1980
Beyond the Letter: A Philosophical Inquiry Into Ambiguity, Vagueness and Metaphor in Language
by Israel Scheffler.
Routledge, 146 pp., £8.50, November 1979,0 7100 0315 3 Show More
by Israel Scheffler.
Routledge, 146 pp., £8.50, November 1979,
Linguistic Perspectives on Literature
edited by Marvin Ching, Michael Haley and Ronald Lunsford.
Routledge, 332 pp., £9.50, March 1980,9780710003829 Show More
edited by Marvin Ching, Michael Haley and Ronald Lunsford.
Routledge, 332 pp., £9.50, March 1980,
“... are demolished one by one – with, alas, some tendency to the choosing of Aunt Sallies. Professor Scheffler’s book. Beyond the Letter, indicates its purpose by a subtitle, and implies its intended readership by its membership in a series devoted to philosophy and scientific method. From both pieces of evidence the conclusion to be drawn is that only a ... ”
