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Reference and Definite Descriptions


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Definiteness and Indefiniteness: A Study
โœ John A. Hawkins ๐Ÿ“‚ Library ๐Ÿ“… 2015 ๐Ÿ› Routledge ๐ŸŒ English

<P>First published in 1988, this book is concerned with the definite and indefinite articles in English. It provides an integrated pragmatic-semantic theory of definite and indefinite reference, on the basis of which, many co-occurance restrictions between articles and non-modifiers are explained. <

Definite Descriptions
โœ Paul Elbourne ๐Ÿ“‚ Library ๐Ÿ“… 2013 ๐Ÿ› Oxford University Press, USA ๐ŸŒ English

This book argues that definite descriptions ('the table', 'the King of France') refer to individuals, as Gottlob Frege claimed. This apparently simple conclusion flies in the face of philosophical orthodoxy, which incorporates Bertrand Russell's theory that definite descriptions are devices of quant