Descriptions and Beyond

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ISBN: 9780199270521 | 019927052X
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Copyright: 9/30/2004

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Marga Reimer and Anne Bezuidenhout present a collection of brand-new essays on important topics at the intersection of philosophy and linguistics. Written by a stellar line-up of contributors drawn from both disciplines, the papers will likewise attract a wide readership of professionals and students from either side.

Notes on Contributors

Introductory Remarks

(6)

I. Incomplete Descriptions

(176)

1. Descriptions and Situations

(26)

François Recanati

2. An Abuse of Context in Semantics: The Case of Incomplete Definite Descriptions

(27)

Ernie Lepore

3. This, That, and The Other

(115)

Stephen Neale

II. The Referential-Attributive Distinction

183

(124)

4. Descriptions: Points of Reference

189

(41)

Kent Bach

5. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

230

(31)

Nathan Salmon

6. Descriptive Indexicals and Indexical Descriptions

261

(19)

Geoffrey Nunberg

7. The Case for Referential Descriptions

280

(27)

Michael Devitt

III. Presupposition and Truth-Value Gaps

307

(54)

8. Would You Believe It? The King of France is Back! (Presuppositions and Truth-Value Intuitions)

315

(27)

Kai von Fintel

9. Descriptions, Linguistic Topic/Comment, and Negative Existentials

342

(19)

Jay Atlas

IV. Representation of Definites and Indefinites in Semantic Theory

361

(76)

10. Referring Descriptions

369

(21)

R.M. Sainsbury

11. The Proper Form of Semantics

390

(30)

Joseph Almog

12. On a Unitary Semantical Analysis for Definite and Indefinite Descriptions

420

(17)

Peter Ludlow and Gabriel Segal

V. Anaphoric Pronouns and Descriptions, Indefinites, and Dynamic Semantics/Syntax

437

(148)

13. Indefinites and Anaphoric Dependence: A Case for Dynamic Semantics or Pragmatics?

455

(29)

Richard Breheny

14. Grounding Dynamic Semantics

484

(19)

Paul Dekker

15. Pronouns as Definites

503

(41)

Craige Roberts

16. Dynamic Definite Descriptions, Implicit Arguments, and Familiarity

544

(14)

Alice G.B. ter Meulen

17. Indefinites and Scope Choice

558

(27)

Ruth Kempson and Wilfiied Meyer-Viol

VI. Names and Descriptions

585

(45)

18. Descriptive Descriptive Names

591

(22)

Robin Jeshion

19. Descriptively Introduced Names

613

(17)

Marga Reimer

References

630

(21)

Index

651

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