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Publication details [#5322]

Kaplan, David. 1978. Dthat. In Cole, Peter, ed. Syntax and semantics 9: Pragmatics. Academic Press. pp. 221–243.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

demonstrative pronoun | referentiality vs. attributiveness

Annotation

K. discusses K.S. Donnellan's (1966: 'Reference and definite descriptions') distinction between attributive and referential uses of definite descriptions. The title 'Dthat' is based on the claim that referential definite descriptions are used in a way that is essentially demonstrative.

Reprints

French, Peter A., Theodore E. Uehling and Howard K. Wettstein. 1979. In French, Peter A., Theodore E. Uehling and Howard K. Wettstein, eds. Contemporary perspectives in the philosophy of language. Minnesota UP. pp. 383–400.