Definite descriptions / Paul Elbourne.

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Elbourne, Paul D

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TextSeries: Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ; 1.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (x, 251 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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9780191635625
0191635626
9780191757303
0191757306
1306074266
9781306074261

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401/.43 23

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P299.D43 E43 2013eb

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Contents:

Situation semantics -- The definite article -- Presupposition -- Referencial and attributive -- Anaphora -- Modality -- Existance entailments -- Incompleteness -- Pronouns.

Summary: Paul Elbourne defends the Fregean view that definite descriptions ('the table', 'the King of France') refer to individuals, and offers a new and radical account of the semantics of pronouns. He draws on a wide range of work, from Frege, Peano, and Russell to the latest findings in linguistics philosophy of language, and psycholinguistics.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-247) and index.

Situation semantics -- The definite article -- Presupposition -- Referencial and attributive -- Anaphora -- Modality -- Existance entailments -- Incompleteness -- Pronouns.

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Paul Elbourne defends the Fregean view that definite descriptions ('the table', 'the King of France') refer to individuals, and offers a new and radical account of the semantics of pronouns. He draws on a wide range of work, from Frege, Peano, and Russell to the latest findings in linguistics philosophy of language, and psycholinguistics.

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