Situations, presuppositions, and contexts
<p>Definite descriptions (such as ‘the cat’) can often be used felicitously even when more than one object satisfies the overt descriptive material (such as ‘cat’). Situation semantics has been invoked to reconcile this observation with the idea that definite descriptions presuppose uniqueness...
Autor principal: | Lewerentz, LF |
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Altres autors: | Elbourne, P |
Format: | Thesis |
Idioma: | English |
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2021
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