Cross-linguistic Disagreement is Possible: Eight Arguments

Turri, J. (in press). Cross-linguistic disagreement is possible: eight arguments. In T. Grundmann, M. Mizumoto & N. Pedersen (Eds.), Cross-linguistic disagreement.

Cross-linguistic disagreement occurs when a speaker of one language asserts some declarative sentence S and a speaker of another language denies the translation of S, without misunderstanding or factual error informing either assertion. This paper presents eight arguments that cross-linguistic disagreement is possible.