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Publication details [#29863]
Roberts, Lawrence D. 1993. How reference works: Explanatory models for indexicals, descriptions, and opacity. State University of New York Press. x + 192 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
ISBN
0 7914 1575 9
Annotation
This book argues that the direct and mediated theories of reference are misconceived, and proposes an alternative theory that borrows the figure-ground contrast from the theory of perception and applies it to the social psychological theory of communication.