@article {rastall_p2011:2230, title = {In What Sense can Statements about Languages be True?}, journal = {Organon F}, volume = {18}, number = {1}, year = {2011}, pages = {14-25}, type = {State}, abstract = {The article considers descriptive statements about languages and language phenomena and seeks to determine how such statements can be {\textquotedblleft}true{\textquotedblright}. Descriptive statements about languages are considered from the points of view of the correspondence and coherence theories of truth and from the point of view of hypothetico-deductive testing. It is argued that descriptive statements about languages are rationally discussable interpretations disciplined by what we can observe within a given paradigm, and that issues of truth and issues of empirical testing should be distinguished.}, url = {http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/doc/organon/2011/1/14-25.pdf}, author = {Rastall, Paul} }