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Jaszczolt, Katarina M. 1997. The 'Default de re' Principle for the Interpretation of Belief Utterances. Journal of Pragmatics 28 (3) : 315–336. 22 pp.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
ambiguity | belief | hearer | inference | interpretation | referent | saliency
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0378-2166
Journal WWW
www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

Hearer inferences in belief reports are examined. Three types of belief utterances are distinguished. Because of its referentiality and saliency, the so-called DE RE principle is argued to be the default interpretation mode.