A presuppositional analysis of specific indefinites : common grounds as structured information states /
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| Author / Creator: | Yeom, Jae-Il, 1957- author. |
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| Imprint: | London : Routledge, [2016] |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Outstanding dissertations in linguistics Outstanding dissertations in linguistics. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12540531 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in 1998 by Garland Publishing Inc. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317776536 1317776534 9781315805108 1315805103 9780815331759 9781317776543 1317776542 9781317776529 1317776526 0815331754 9781138979307 1138979309 |