Complex demonstratives : a quantificational account /

Since the late 1970s, the orthodox view of complex 'that' phrases (e.g., 'that woman eating a granola bar') has been that they are contextually sensitive devices of direct reference. In Complex Demonstratives, Jeffrey King challenges that orthodoxy, showing that quantificational...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: King, Jeffrey C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2001.
©2001
Series:Contemporary philosophical monographs ; 2.
Bradford book.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Demonstratives.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Quantifiers.
Reference (Linguistics)
Démonstratifs.
Quantificateurs (Linguistique)
Référence (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Demonstratives
Grammar, Comparative and general > Quantifiers
LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Against direct reference accounts
  • 2. Three quantificational accounts of 'that' phrases
  • 3. Modality, negation, and verbs of propositional attitude
  • 4. This and that : a variety of loose ends
  • 5. Against ambiguity approaches.

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