Definite descriptions /
Paul Elbourne defends the Fregean view that definite descriptions ('the table', 'the King of France') refer to individuals, and offers a new and radical account of the semantics of pronouns. He draws on a wide range of work, from Frege, Peano, and Russell to the latest findings i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
| Published: |
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ;
1. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Paul Elbourne defends the Fregean view that definite descriptions ('the table', 'the King of France') refer to individuals, and offers a new and radical account of the semantics of pronouns. He draws on a wide range of work, from Frege, Peano, and Russell to the latest findings in linguistics philosophy of language, and psycholinguistics. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 251 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191635625 0191635626 9780191757303 0191757306 1306074266 9781306074261 |