Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Definite descriptions"”.
-
A multidimensional dynamic framework for handling simple interruption phenomena, anaphoric pronouns and definite descriptions
This thesis introduces a semantical system for handling nested discourses with interruptions from a semantic point of view developed on the insights of Groenendijk and Stokhof's (1991) system which deals with anaphoric pronouns occurring in a non-nested discourse, i.e., in a linear sequence of …
-
Situations and individuals
I argue that definite descriptions, pronouns and proper names share one common syntax and semantics, basically that of definite descriptions. E-type pronouns are argued to be definite articles that take NP complements elided in the phonology; referential and bound variable pronouns are analyzed as …
-
Descriptions as restricted free variables
… dissertation, I provide a referential account of definite descriptions, situated in a static framework. According to that analysis, definite descriptions denote free variable complexes that carry assignment restrictions that are determined by their descriptive content. When all variables in the …
-
Event quantification and plurality
… representation of certain sentences are plural definite descriptions of events and event quantifiers selectively binding plural variables. My goal will be to motivate the postulation of these elements by showing how reference to pluralities of events shed light on several properties of a variety …
-
Embodied multimodal referring expressions generation
… verbal and non-verbal modalities in generating definite descriptions of objects and locations is a critical human capability in collaborative interactions. Despite advancements in AI, embodied interactive virtual agents (IVAs) are not equipped to intelligently mix modalities to communicate their …
-
Frege, Russell and Wittgenstein on existence and negative existentials
… Tractarian analysis of propositions involving definite descriptions. On one interpretation, Wittgenstein’s theory of existence is very similar to Russell’s, on the other his theory is radically different.
-
Plural predication
… with natural formalizations for English plural definite descriptions and generalized quantifiers. They also allow us to state important set theoretic propositions, and give a formal semantics for second-order languages. Such a formal semantics is developed in the second paper, 'Toward a Theory …
-
"You" and "I", "now" and "then", and some related thoughts
… speech. This feature sets indexicals apart from definite descriptions like the best soccer team in Europe. I argue that the orthodoxy is wrong: all indexicals are subject to shift, exactly like descriptions. More precisely, indexicals are syntactically akin to logical variables and hence can …