Definite descriptions / Paul Elbourne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elbourne, Paul.

Series:

Oxford Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics

Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frege, Gottlob, 1848-1925.

Frege, Gottlob.

Definiteness (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Paul Elbourne defends the Fregean view that definite descriptions ('the table', 'the King of France') refer to individuals, and offers a new and radical account of the semantics of pronouns. He draws on a wide range of work, from Frege, Peano, and Russell to the latest findings in linguistics philosophy of language, and psycholinguistics.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Situation Semantics; 2.1 On Situation Semantics; 2.2 Introduction to the Formal System; 2.3 The Formal System; 2.4 Some Situation-Semantic Technicalities; 3 The Definite Article; 3.1 Definite Descriptions in Frege and Strawson; 3.2 A Fregean Theory of the Definite Article; 4 Presupposition; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Presupposition Projection; 4.3 Possibility Modals; 4.4 Conditionals and Disjunction; 4.5 Negation; 4.6 Presupposition Obviation; 4.7 Conclusion; 5 Referential and Attributive; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 A Problem for Russell?

5.3 A Problem for Frege and Strawson?5.4 Predicative Use; 5.5 Conclusion; 6 Anaphora; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 A Donkey Sentence with a Relative Clause; 6.3 A Donkey Sentence with a Quantificational Adverb; 6.4 C-Commanded Bound Definite Descriptions; 6.5 Conclusion; 7 Modality; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The De Re/De Dicto Ambiguity; 7.3 Going Back; 7.4 After Cresswell 1990; 7.5 After Kratzer 2010; 7.6 Conclusion; 8 Existence Entailments; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 HKE's Objection to Russell; 8.3 KN's Response to HKE; 8.4 A First Response to KN's Response; 8.5 A Second Response to KN's Response

8.6 The Fregean Theory8.7 Other Determiners; 8.8 Possibility Modals; 8.9 Conclusion; 9 Incompleteness; 9.1 Implicit Content and Incomplete Descriptions; 9.2 Five Theories of Incomplete Descriptions; 9.3 An Argument from Sloppy Identity; 9.4 Conclusion; 10 Pronouns; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 The Syntax and Semantics of Pronouns; 10.3 Anaphora; 10.4 Referential Pronouns; 10.5 Descriptive Indexicals; 10.6 Voldemort Phrases; 10.7 Sloppy Readings; 10.8 Anaphora to Facts and Propositions; 10.9 Problems with Focus; 10.10 Psycholinguistic Evidence; 10.11 Conclusion; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; V

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographic references (pages [232]-247) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-966020-4

1-306-07426-6

0-19-163562-6

OCLC:

862076976