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Toward a referential view of definite descriptions [PDF]

, 2015
textI argue for a referential view of definite descriptions. According to the view that I advocate, definite descriptions are variables. At the syntactic level, they contribute a free variable that must be assigned a referent in order for the sentence to
Woolwine, Cassandra Joan
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Spinal Cord Infarction Versus Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis: Clinical, Radiological, and Functional Insights From a Retrospective Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is a rare but devastating myelopathy, characterized by a high disability rate and an unfavorable prognosis. It has often been underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed as idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM). This study aimed to describe the clinical features, radiological biomarkers, treatments, and functional ...
Zeqiang Ji, Jianlong Zhang, Yiming Shi, Shiyu Shan, Yang Du, Guangshuo Li, Ying Jin, Yani Zhang, Chuanying Wang, Yijun Lin, Yuhao Guo, Decai Tian, Xingquan Zhao, Tian Song   +13 more
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Five‐Year Disease Progression in Synuclein Seeding Positive Sporadic Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To provide a comprehensive description of disease progression in synuclein seeding assay (SAA) positive sporadic Parkinson Disease participants, using Neuronal Synuclein Disease integrated biological and functional impairment staging framework.
Paulina Gonzalez‐Latapi, Caroline Gochanour, Seung Ho Choi, Hyunkeun Cho, Chelsea Caspell‐Garcia, Christopher Coffey, Michael Brumm, David‐Erick Lafontant, Yuge Xiao, Thomas Tropea, John Seibyl, Caroline Tanner, Charles S. Venuto, Karl Kieburtz, Lana M. Chahine, Kathleen L. Poston, Andrew Siderowf, Kenneth Marek, Tanya Simuni, The Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative   +19 more
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A three-way distinction in definiteness: sortal, individual, and functional concepts in Réyoné

Linguistics
This article offers a case study of a definiteness split in a language in which three different types of nominal expressions are available for definite descriptions.
Albers Ulrike
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Young children's use of the definite and in definite articles in referring expressions [PDF]

, 1986
It is argued that the theoretical framework used in earlier studies of children's use of the articles is inadequate, failing in some important ways to capture even normal adult usage.
Emslie, Hazel Carr
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Peripheral Neutrophil Activation and Extracellular Trap Formation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Markers of neutrophil activation are increased in plasma during ALS, and markers of NET formation associate with ALS survival. ABSTRACT Objectives Peripheral neutrophil levels in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) inversely correlate with survival, suggesting a role for neutrophils in disease progression.
Lillia A. Baird, Haley McQuown, Jihyun Park, Samuel J. Teener, Ian F. Webber‐Davis, Andrew D. Carter, Dae‐Gyu Jang, Eva L. Feldman, Stephen A. Goutman, Benjamin J. Murdock   +9 more
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Generating Bridging Definite Descriptions

, 2008
International audienceIn this paper, we focus on the role knowledge based reasoning plays in the generation of definite descriptions. Specifically, we propose an extension of Dale and Reiter's incremental algorithm which covers not only directly ...
Striegnitz, Kristina, Gardent, Claire, Kristina Striegnitz, Claire Gardent   +3 more
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The same (as what?)

Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Lingüístics, 2018
This paper adopts a radical contextualist approach to the reference of definite descriptions that contain the English expression the same, either without a complement or with a complement in the form of a head noun and/or a comparison phrase of the type
Thorstein Fretheim
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Sex‐Stratified Association of Regional Dopamine Transporter Binding With Disease Progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To clarify the clinical relevance of dopamine transporter single‐photon emission computed tomography (DAT‐SPECT) abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with a prespecified focus on sex‐stratified associations with disease progression and short‐term prognosis.
Tomoya Kawazoe, Keizo Sugaya, Kentaro Hayashi, Keiko Hino, Yasuhiro Nakata, Kota Bokuda, Toshio Shimizu, Kazushi Takahashi   +7 more
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Can definite descriptions be used as proper names?

Семиотические исследования
Referential use of definite descriptions in Donnellan’s sense can be accounted for in semantic and pragmatic terms. One of the semantic accounts was outlined by Kaplan and elaborated in detail by Marti.
Evgeniy V. Borisov
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