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Reference.

This book introduces the most important problems of reference and considers the solutions that have been proposed to explain them. Reference is at the centre of debate among linguists and philosophers and, as Barbara Abbott shows, this has been the case for centuries. She begins by examining the bas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abbott, Barbara, 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2010.
Colección:Oxford Surveys in Semantics & Pragmatics, 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Acknowledgements; General Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Foundations; 3 Subsequent developments; 4 The proper treatment of quantification; 5 Proper names; 6 Definite descriptions; 7 Plurals and generics; 8 Indexicality and pronouns; 9 Definiteness, strength, partitives, and referentiality; 10 NPs in discourse; 11 Taking stock; References; Index.