Definite descriptions

Definite descriptions

by Elbourne, Paul D.

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Paul Elbourne defends the Fregean view that definite descriptions ('the table', 'the King of France') refer to individuals, and offers a new and radical account of the semantics of pronouns. He draws on a wide range of work, from Frege, Peano, and Russell to the latest findings in linguistics philosophy of language, and psycholinguistics.

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  • Full title :Definite descriptions / Paul Elbourne.

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Paul Elbourne defends the Fregean view that definite descriptions ('the table', 'the King of France') refer to individuals, and offers a new and radical account of the semantics of pronouns. He draws on a wide range of work, from Frege, Peano, and Russell to the latest findings in linguistics philosophy of language, and psycholinguistics.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.
  • Edition:First edition

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (x, 251 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780191635625, 0191635626, 9780191757303, 0191757306, 1306074266, 9781306074261
  • oclc:ocn862076976
  • LC Classification:P299.D43
  • Dewey Decimal:401/.43

Table of Contents

Situation semantics -- The definite article -- Presupposition -- Referencial and attributive -- Anaphora -- Modality -- Existance entailments -- Incompleteness -- Pronouns.

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Subjects

Definiteness (Linguistics) Frege, Gottlob LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General

Writers

Elbourne, Paul D.

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