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Incomplete Definite Descriptions, Demonstrative Completion and Redundancy
Abstract : “Incomplete” definite descriptions (i.e. descriptions that violate the uniqueness constraint) have been offered various accounts in semantics. Among them, the so-called ellipsis account, which analyzes “the F” as elliptical for “the F which is that F”. I begin by arguing that the objections raised against this account have not been conclusive, and go on to supply a new argument against it, which consists in showing such demonstrative completions to be semantically redundant.
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https://jeannicod.ccsd.cnrs.fr/ijn_00450403
Contributor : Isidora Stojanovic <>
Submitted on : Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 12:30:19 PM
Last modification on : Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 3:29:15 AM
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Contributor : Isidora Stojanovic <>
Submitted on : Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 12:30:19 PM
Last modification on : Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 3:29:15 AM
Long-term archiving on: : Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 11:18:33 PM