Presuppositional Analysis of Specific Indefinites
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A01=Jae-Il Yeom
Antecedent Clause
Arbitrary Objects
Assertion Part
Author_Jae-Il Yeom
belief
Belief Context
Category=C
Category=CF
Category=DS
CCPs
Cognitive Contact
cognitive reference
Complex Information States
Consequent Clause
contexts
description
discourse
discourse analysis
Discourse Referent
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_dictionaries-language-reference
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
existential
formal semantics of indefinites
Indefinite Descriptions
Information State
information structure
Intermediate Scope
John's Belief
John’s Belief
linguistic semantics
Main Context
non-specific
Non-specific Indefinite
opaque
Opaque Context
Presupposition Part
Presupposition Projection
presupposition theory
quantifier
Quantifier Storage
Referential Interpretations
referents
scope ambiguity
Singular Proposition
Specific Indefinites
Structuring Information States
universal
Universal Quantifier
Wide Scope Readings
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- ISBN 9781138979307
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 29 Feb 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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First published in 1998. In this book the author presents the view that although many linguists have been interested in specific indefinites, their theories are not quite satisfactory in that they have only tried to explore some aspects of specific indefinites. This paper assumes a standard notion of specificity, i.e., the notion of someone having-in-mind an individual or a relation. Under this assumption, there is an attempt to review previous studies on specific indefinites, and propose a new theory of specificity which I believe can capture all aspects which the previous studies have explored. This leads us to a new information theory which is partially representational and partially denotational., and which is useful for dealing with conversational aspects, like the distinction between the speaker and the audience.
