Semantics and Pragmatics of Spatial Reference
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Semantics and Pragmatics of Spatial Reference
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Pointing and reference reconsidered
Current semantic theory on indexical expressions claims that demonstratively used indexicals such as this lack a referent-determining meaning but instead rely on an accompanying demonstration act like a pointing gesture. While this view allows to set up a sound logic of demonstratives, the direct-referential role assigned to pointing gestures has never been scrutinized thoroughly in semantics o...
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My recent and ongoing research is focused on the interpretation of referring expressions (e.g. she, Rosa, that woman, the woman we talked about yesterday) as a window on the semantics-pragmatics interface. Referring expressions have attracted a great deal of interest in fields concerned with linguistic meaning, including semantics, psycholinguistics, and the philosophy of language, because they...
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