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Definite Description Interpretation

Definite Description Interpretation is a linguistic pragmatic framework that specifies how definite descriptions are contextually resolved into referential expressions through the interaction of semantic content and extralinguistic constraints.

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Reference and Definite Descriptions

Keith S. Donnellan · The Philosophical Review · 1966 · 2.5K citations

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Pronouns, Names, and the Centering of Attention in Discourse

Peter C. Gordon, Barbara J. Grosz, Laura A. Gilliom · Cognitive Science · 1993 · 827 citations · Full text

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Referring and accessibility

Mira Ariel · Journal of Linguistics · 1988 · 784 citations

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A More General Theory of Definite Descriptions

Richard Sharvy · The Philosophical Review · 1980 · 388 citations

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Indefinite descriptions: In defense of russell

Peter Ludlow, Stephen Neale · Linguistics and Philosophy · 1991 · 331 citations

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Authors

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  1. MP
    Massimo Poesio

    University of Essex, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 636 citations

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  2. RV
    Renata Vieira

    Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    4 publications · 599 citations

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  3. AJ
    Anders J. Schoubye

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  4. DG
    Delia Graff Fara

    Princeton University, United States

    2 publications · 156 citations

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  5. EN
    Edward N. Zalta

    Stanford University, United States

    2 publications · 68 citations

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Institutions

97

  1. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    230 citations

  2. California Southern University

    Chandler, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    182 citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    237 citations

  4. Institut Jean Nicod

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    156 citations

  5. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    892 citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    252 citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    206 citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    191 citations

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  1. Linguistics and Philosophy

    6 publications · 702 citations

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  2. Journal of Semantics

    5 publications · 579 citations

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  3. Mind

    5 publications · 263 citations

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  4. Philosophical Studies

    2 publications · 309 citations

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  5. The Philosophical Review

    4 publications · 3.1K citations

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