Index

Chapters in this book

1. 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
2. Table of contents v
3. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
4. Part I. Vagueness and ambiguity
5. Chapter 2. The role of ambiguity and vagueness in language change 10
6. Chapter 3. The role of ambiguity in intentional vagueness 29
7. Chapter 4. Vagueness and ambiguity are very different (persuasion devices) 51
8. Chapter 5. Ambiguity in discourse 84
9. Part II. Vagueness and ambiguity in language change and use
10. Chapter 6. Underspecification and ambiguity of voice markers 110
11. Chapter 7. Vague stuff 148
12. Chapter 8. Vagueness explored 177
13. Chapter 9. Using ambiguity and vagueness to avoid problematic answers 208
14. Chapter 10. Vagueness and ambiguity of perlocutionary effects in Prime Minister’s Question time sessions 234
15. Chapter 11. Place names in legal texts 259
16. Index 281