On unique and non-unique reference and asymmetric quantification
The view that definite noun phrases are systematically accompanied by uniqueness implications is defended in this dissertation against rivals and counterexamples, with emphasis on the precise understanding of the phenomenon and factors which have obscured its generality. It is argued that all defini...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1987
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8805935 |