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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Main Author: Gómez Torrente, Mario, 1967- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191881404
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