Definiteness as Maximal Informativeness
We argue that definites are interpreted as denoting the maximally informative object that falls under the relevant predicate.
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| 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 |
| _version_ | 1826212125872226304 |
|---|---|
| author | von Fintel, Kai Fox, Daniel Iatridou, Sabine |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy von Fintel, Kai Fox, Daniel Iatridou, Sabine |
| author_sort | von Fintel, Kai |
| collection | MIT |
| description | We argue that definites are interpreted as denoting the maximally informative object that falls under the relevant predicate. |
| first_indexed | 2024-09-23T15:16:47Z |
| format | Article |
| id | mit-1721.1/95780 |
| institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| language | en_US |
| last_indexed | 2024-09-23T15:16:47Z |
| publishDate | 2015 |
| publisher | MIT Working Papers in Linguistics |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | mit-1721.1/957802022-10-02T01:50:01Z Definiteness as Maximal Informativeness von Fintel, Kai Fox, Daniel Iatridou, Sabine Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Von Fintel, Kai von Fintel, Kai Fox, Daniel Iatridou, Sabine We argue that definites are interpreted as denoting the maximally informative object that falls under the relevant predicate. 2015-03-03T21:36:37Z 2015-03-03T21:36:37Z 2014 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/BookItem http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95780 Von Fintel, Kai, Danny Fox, and Sabine Iatridou. (2014). "Definiteness as Maximal Informativeness." In Crnic, Luka, and Uli Sauerland (Eds.), The Art and Craft of Semantics: A Festschrift for Irene Heim, vol. 1, MITWPL 70, pp. 165–174 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7912-4246 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-0755 en_US http://semanticsarchive.net/Archive/jZiNmM4N/FintelFoxIatridou.pdf The Art and Craft of Semantics: A Festschrift for Irene Heim, vol. 1 Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf MIT Working Papers in Linguistics Von Fintel |
| spellingShingle | von Fintel, Kai Fox, Daniel Iatridou, Sabine Definiteness as Maximal Informativeness |
| title | Definiteness as Maximal Informativeness |
| title_full | Definiteness as Maximal Informativeness |
| title_fullStr | Definiteness as Maximal Informativeness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Definiteness as Maximal Informativeness |
| title_short | Definiteness as Maximal Informativeness |
| title_sort | definiteness as maximal informativeness |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95780 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7912-4246 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-0755 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT vonfintelkai definitenessasmaximalinformativeness AT foxdaniel definitenessasmaximalinformativeness AT iatridousabine definitenessasmaximalinformativeness |