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Descriptions in Context

Descriptions in Context

Condoravdi, Cleo A.

Paperback

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology

Grammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 1138697419
ISBN13: 9781138697416
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 27 2018
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

First published in 1997, this book focuses on the semantics of definite and indefinite descriptions -- taking the presuppositional theory of definiteness and indefiniteness proposed by Heim as a starting point. It seeks to show that there exists a special type of indefinites that have an interpretation commonly associated with definites. It further argues that the felicity conditions associated with indefinite NP's can vary and develops a more fine-grained theory of novelty within the framework of File Change Semantics. More generally, this work can be seen as providing an empirical argument in favour of a dynamic theory of meaning and against the more traditional truth-conditional theory.

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