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The interpretative options of anaphoric complex demonstratives
Glossa, 2022 In this paper, we present experimental evidence from a ‘yes’/‘no’ judgement task and two acceptability rating studies (Experiments 1a-c) for the claim made in Hinterwimmer (2019) that sentences with two anaphorically interpreted complex demonstratives ...
Stefan Hinterwimmer, Umesh Patil
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A Cut-Free, Sound and Complete Russellian Theory of Definite Descriptions [PDF]
International Conference on Theorem Proving with Analytic Tableaux and Related MethodsWe present a sequent calculus for first-order logic with lambda terms and definite descriptions. The theory formalised by this calculus is essentially Russellian, but avoids some of its well known drawbacks and treats definite description as genuine ...
Andrzej Indrzejczak, Nils Kürbis
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Definite Descriptions, Presuppositions and Reference
Cadernos de Estudos Lingüísticos, 2017 In this article I review some fundamental aspects of the singularist view of definite descriptions taking as paradigm the Frege-Strawson version of it.
Marco Ruffino
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English article usage as a window on the meanings of same, identical and similar [PDF]
, 2016 We propose an explanation for a traditional puzzle in English linguistics involving the use of articles with the nominal modifiers same, identical and similar.
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Frontiers in Communication, 2023 This paper focuses on the impact of social cognition on thes processing of linguistic information. More specifically, it brings some insights to Relevance theory's construal of MeaningNN, which seeks to account for non-propositional meanings.
Magali A. Mari, Misha-Laura Müller
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Experimental entanglement of temporal order [PDF]
Quantum, 2022 The study of causal relations has recently been applied to the quantum realm, leading to the discovery that not all physical processes have a definite causal structure.
Giulia Rubino +6 more
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Ghosts, Murderers, and the Semantics of Descriptions [PDF]
, 2013 It is widely agreed that sentences containing a non-denoting description embedded in the scope of a propositional attitude verb have true de dicto interpretations, and Russell's (1905) analysis of definite descriptions is often praised for its simple ...
Schoubye, Anders J.
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Red Wall: The Definitive Description [PDF]
Political Insight, 2021 The ‘Red Wall’ has become a key term in Britain’s political lexicon. James Kanagasooriam, who coined the phrase, and Elizabeth Simon, trace the emergence of the Red Wall as a concept, and argue that while it has been widely misunderstood and misused, the Red Wall has significant implications for predicting future elections.
Kanagasooriam, James, Simon, Elizabeth
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Incomplete Descriptions and the Underdetermination Problem [PDF]
, 2015 The purpose of this paper is to discuss two phenomena related to the semantics of definite descriptions: that of incomplete uses of descriptions, and that of the underdetermination of referential uses of descriptions. The Russellian theorist has a way of
Moldovan, Andrei
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Definiteness and determinacy [PDF]
, 2015 This paper distinguishes between definiteness and determinacy. Definiteness is seen as a morphological category which, in English, marks a (weak) uniqueness presupposition, while determinacy consists in denoting an individual.
Beaver, David, Coppock, Elizabeth
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