Roads to reference : an essay on reference fixing in natural language /
How do words come to stand for what they stand for? Is a word's reference fully identified or described by conventions known to the users of the word? Mario Gómez-Torrente tackles these questions and many more as he takes on the difficult task of describing the conventions which lead certain wo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | How do words come to stand for what they stand for? Is a word's reference fully identified or described by conventions known to the users of the word? Mario Gómez-Torrente tackles these questions and many more as he takes on the difficult task of describing the conventions which lead certain words to refer to what they do. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191881404 0191881406 9780192585233 0192585231 9780192585240 019258524X |