| Description |
1 online resource (x, 251 pages) |
| Series |
Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ; 1.
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-247) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Frege, Gottlob, 1848-1925.
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| SUBJECT |
Frege, Gottlob, 1848-1925 fast |
| Subject |
Definiteness (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Definiteness (Linguistics)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191635625 |
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0191635626 |
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9780191757303 |
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0191757306 |
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1306074266 |
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9781306074261 |
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