Reference By Description
Reference By Description is a referential communication strategy in Experimental Pragmatics whereby a speaker uniquely identifies a discourse referent through the use of a definite description that specifies properties or relations sufficient to distinguish the intended entity within a given context.
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Reference and Description Revisited
Frank Jackson · Noûs · 1998 · 190 citations
Jacob L. Mey · Journal of Pragmatics · 2010 · 171 citations
Bertrand Russell · Mind · 1957 · 148 citations
The pragmatics of referring and the modality of communication
Philip R. Cohen · 1984 · 119 citations
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Harvard University Press
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Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, United States
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University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Fairchild Semiconductor (United States)
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University of Malta
Msida, Malta
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University of Messina
Messina, Italy
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Eötvös Loránd University
Budapest, Hungary
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Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
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