Descriptions in Context (Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology) - Softcover

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Condoravdi, Cleo A.

 
9781138697416: Descriptions in Context (Routledge Library Editions: Semantics and Semiology)
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ISBN 10: 1138697419 ISBN 13: 9781138697416
Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

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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Cleo A. Condoravdi

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138697419
ISBN 13 
9781138697416
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
216

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