E-type interpretation without E-type pronoun: how Peirce's graphs capture the uniqueness implication of donkey pronouns in discourse anaphora

DOI10.1007/s11229-013-0325-xzbMath1357.03065OpenAlexW1965917551MaRDI QIDQ513921

Chuansheng He

Publication date: 8 March 2017

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-013-0325-x

zbMATH Keywords

uniquenessdefinite descriptionsexistential graphsbound variabledonkey pronounstransformation rules

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logic of natural languages (03B65)

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