Descriptions in Context
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Descriptions in Context

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Descriptions in Context

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First published in 1997, this book focuses on the semantics of definite and indefinite descriptions — taking the presuppositional theory of definiteness and indefiniteness proposed by Heim as a starting point. It seeks to show that there exists a special type of indefinites that have an interpretation commonly associated with definites. It further argues that the felicity conditions associated with indefinite NP's can vary and develops a more fine-grained theory of novelty within the framework of File Change Semantics. More generally, this work can be seen as providing an empirical argument in favour of a dynamic theory of meaning and against the more traditional truth-conditional theory.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2016
ISBN
9781315521879
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Linguistics
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Original Title
  6. Original Copyright
  7. Contents
  8. PREFACE
  9. 1 INTRODUCTION
  10. 2 BARE PLURALS AND GENERICITY
  11. 3 FUNCTIONAL READING OF BARE PLURALS
  12. 4 STRONG AND WEAK NOVELTY
  13. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  14. INDEX