A monstrous account of non-deictic readings of complex demonstratives

Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy (forthcoming)
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1. Complex demonstratives (noun phrases of the form ‘that F’) often behave in devious ways which do not fit well with their traditional understanding as devices of direct reference. Namely, there a...

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10.1080/0020174x.2023.2267099

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