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Reference and Anaphoric Relations

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Editors:
  1. Klaus Heusinger

    1. Fachgruppe Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

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  2. Urs Egli

    1. Fachgruppe Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

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Part of the book series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy (SLAP, volume 72)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Reference and the Semantics of Anaphora

    1. Introduction: Reference and the Semantics of Anaphora

      • Klaus Von Heusinger, Urs Egli
      Pages 1-13

  3. Historical Aspects of Anaphoric Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Anaphora from Athens to Amsterdam

      • Urs Egli
      Pages 17-29

    3. Understanding the Semantics of “Relativa Grammaticalia” some Medieval Logicians on Anaphoric Pronouns

      • Reinhard Hülsen
      Pages 31-46

    4. Meaning in Motion

      • Jeroen Groenendijk, Martin Stokhof
      Pages 47-76

  4. Quantification and Scope

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Scope Matters

      • Donka Farkas
      Pages 79-108

    3. Scope Ambiguities with Negative Quantifiers

      • Henriëtte De Swart
      Pages 109-132

    4. Definiteness Effect: The Case of Russian

      • Elena Paducheva
      Pages 133-146

    5. Persistence, Polarity, and Plurality

      • Stephen Neale
      Pages 147-153

  5. Anaphoric Reference

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Anaphoric Relations Across Attitude Contexts

      • Robert van Rooy
      Pages 157-181

    3. The Grammar of the Attitudes

      • Hartley Slater
      Pages 183-190

  6. Choice Functions and the Semantics of Indefinites

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Some Remarks on Choice Functions and LF-Movement

      • Arnim von Stechow
      Pages 193-228

    3. What Makes Choice Natural?

      • Yoad Winter
      Pages 229-245

    4. The Reference of Indefinites

      • Klaus von Heusinger
      Pages 247-265

  7. Representation and Interpretation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267
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    2. Reference and Inference: The Case of Anaphora

      • Jaroslav Peregrin
      Pages 269-286
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About this book

This book is a collection of original research articles on the representation and in­ terpretation of indefinite and definite noun phrases, anaphoric pronouns, and closely related issues such as reference, scope and quantifier movement. A variety of frame­ works for the formal analysis of discourse semantics are represented, including dis­ course representation theory, file change semantics, dynamic Logic, E-type theories, and choice function approaches, which was one of the main issues the Konstanz project were concerned with. All of these frameworks are couched in the tradition of Montague Grammar, even though they extend the classical formalism in different directions. The developments emerged from the modern discussion of problems for the representation of cross-sentential anaphoric relations involving pronouns, and the interpretation of definite and indefinite noun phrases. After a decade of controversy, these approaches are merging together, enriching each other's formal mechanisms rather than expressing opposition. Thus, the articles in this volume concentrate on fundamental semantic questions, and also extend the current formalisms in order to capture more data. The roots of this book lie in the workshop "Reference and Anaphoric Relations", which was held at the University of Konstanz in June 1996. Five main issues were discussed: (i) the Stoic and scholastic treatment of reference and anaphora; (ii) quan­ tification and scope, (iii) anaphoric reference; (iv) the representation of indefinite NPs with choice functions; and (v) the relation between linguistic expressions, their rep­ resentations and their meanings.

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Editors and Affiliations

  • Fachgruppe Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

    Klaus Heusinger, Urs Egli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reference and Anaphoric Relations

  • Editors: Klaus Heusinger, Urs Egli

  • Series Title: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3947-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6070-4Due: 30 November 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0291-5Published: 30 November 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-3947-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4662

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-034X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 352

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Semantics, Theoretical Linguistics, Philosophy of Language, Artificial Intelligence

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