Definiteness as Maximal Informativeness

We argue that definites are interpreted as denoting the maximally informative object that falls under the relevant predicate.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	von Fintel, Kai, Fox, Daniel, Iatridou, Sabine
Other Authors:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Format:	Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	MIT Working Papers in Linguistics 2015
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95780 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7912-4246 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-0755

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