"John Hawthorne and David Manley present an original treatment of the semantic phenomenon of reference and the cognitive phenomenon of singular thought. In Part I, they argue against the idea that either is tied to a special relation of causal or epistemic acquaintance. Part II …
Information structure and reference tracking in complex sentences: Workshop on information structure and subordinati…
by Hammond, Jeremy, Gijn, Erik van, Matić, Dejan, Putten, Saskia van, Galucio, Ana Vilacy, Workshop On Information structure and Subordination, Workshop on Information Structure and Subordination, South America and Beyond ; (Nijmegen)
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This paper discusses argument marking and reference tracking in Mekens complex clauses and their correlation to information structure. The distribution of pronominal arguments in Mekens simple clauses follows an absolutive pattern with main verbs. Complex clauses maintain the mo…
François Récanati has pioneered the 'mental file' framework for thinking about concepts and how we refer to the world in thought and language. He now explores what happens to mental files in a dynamic setting: Recanati argues that communication involves interpersonal dynamic fil…
