Full Idea
The old objection to the ban on self-reference is that it is too broad; it bans innocent sentences such as 'This very sentence is in English'.
Gist of Idea
Banning self-reference would outlaw 'This very sentence is in English'
Source
Roy Sorensen (Vagueness and Contradiction [2001], 11.1)
Book Reference
Sorensen,Roy: 'Vagueness and Contradiction' [OUP 2004], p.168
A Reaction
Tricky. What is the sigificant difference between 'this sentence is in English' and 'this sentence is a lie'? The first concerns context and is partly metalinguistic. The second concerns semantics and truth. Concept and content..