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(2000) Reference and anaphoric relations, Dordrecht, Springer.
The paper sketches the place of dynamic semantics within a broader picture of developments in philosophical and linguistic theories of meaning. Some basic concepts of dynamic semantics are illustrated by means of a detailed analysis of anaphoric definite and indefinite descriptions, which are treated as contextually dependent quantificational expressions. It is shown how a dynamic view sheds new light on the contextual nature of interpretation, on the difference between monologue and dialogue, and on the interplay between direct and indirect information.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-3947-2_4
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Groenendijk, J. , Stokhof, M. (2000)., Meaning in motion, in K. Von Heusinger & U. Egli (eds.), Reference and anaphoric relations, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 47-76.
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