Linguistics and Philosophy 31 (1):57-99 (2008)
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This paper presents a semantic and pragmatic theory of complex demonstratives. According to this theory, the semantic content of a complex demonstrative, in a context, is simply an object, and the semantic content of a sentence that contains a complex demonstrative, in a context, is a singular proposition. This theory is defended from various objections to direct reference theories of complex demonstratives, including King's objection from quantification into complex demonstratives.
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| Keywords | Demonstratives Complex demonstratives Singular terms Direct reference Singular propositions Singular thoughts Singular beliefs Quantification Quantification in Quantifier phrases |
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10988-008-9032-3 |
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