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.
Funding
* 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.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |