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Publication details [#23426]
Hawkins, John A. 1984. A note on referent identifiability and co-presence. Journal of Pragmatics 8 (5-6) : 649–659. 
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Article in journal
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English
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It is argued that conditions alluding to referent identifiability is neither necessary nor sufficient for the use of definite descriptions. Instead, the structure of the universe of discourse provides pragmatical and logical definitions of objects.