Abstract
Indefinite articles are involved in delicate, deep and highly interesting philosophical and linguistic distinctions. The central problem under discussion here is that of specific (and also non-specific) indefinite expressions. The first part of the present paper (ch. 2) is devoted to a critical discussion of current linguistic and logical theories. Ch. 3 summarizes the results of this discussion. Chs. 4 and 5 include our new approach, formulated both in terms of possible-worlds-and-possible-contexts-of-utterance-semantics and of Hintikka's language games. Theoretical conclusions are drawn in the following discussions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 145-190 |
| Number of pages | 46 |
| Journal | Theoretical Linguistics |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 1-3 |
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| State | Published - 1976 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:* The first author was partly supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Bonn-Bad Godesberg), during the summer of 1974. Weare grateful to our colleagues Dr. Alex Grosu, Dr. Shalom Lappin and Prof. Julius Moravcsik for important remarks on drafts of this paper.