In two papers, Tasmowski-De Ryck and Verluyten discussed the possibility of reference without linguistic control (i.e., by unbound pronouns) and dismissed it on the basis of a good number of (French) examples in which there is agreement with the gender of the (absentee) noun, rather than with the actual gender of the individual refered to. In the present paper, I want to insist on the fact that though one can be dissatisfied with the solution proposed, the problems remain to this day and no theory of reference can be considered satisfying which does not address them. Thus, the papers are as important now as they were when they were first published some fifteen years ago and are likely to remain so for a long time. I will begin by giving an ...
Linguistics and philosophy have provided distinct views on the nature of reference to individuals in...
This dissertation investigates how informationally underspecified referential forms are interpreted ...
Article Accepted Date: 29 May 2014 Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge the support o...
In two papers, Tasmowski-De Ryck and Verluyten discussed the possibility of reference without lingui...
The problem of reference is one of the main problems in transformational gram mar. It does not conc...
Whatever the use of a system beyond linguistic analysis, a difficulty immediatly arises : treating r...
In this thesis, a review of linguistic reference identifies four entities (speaker, hearer, term, an...
International audienceWhen studying references to human beings in narrative texts, we observe exampl...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
Reference is of fundamental importance in natural language semantics. In Formal Semantics, reference...
To communicate, speakers need to make it clear what they are talking about. Referring expressions pl...
Human speakers generally find it easy to refer to entities in such a way that their hearers can dete...
Based on a Relevance Theory-informed view of language development, this paper argues that grammatica...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
In the debate about language evolution, the fact that there is no direct evidence about the emergenc...
Linguistics and philosophy have provided distinct views on the nature of reference to individuals in...
This dissertation investigates how informationally underspecified referential forms are interpreted ...
Article Accepted Date: 29 May 2014 Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge the support o...
In two papers, Tasmowski-De Ryck and Verluyten discussed the possibility of reference without lingui...
The problem of reference is one of the main problems in transformational gram mar. It does not conc...
Whatever the use of a system beyond linguistic analysis, a difficulty immediatly arises : treating r...
In this thesis, a review of linguistic reference identifies four entities (speaker, hearer, term, an...
International audienceWhen studying references to human beings in narrative texts, we observe exampl...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
Reference is of fundamental importance in natural language semantics. In Formal Semantics, reference...
To communicate, speakers need to make it clear what they are talking about. Referring expressions pl...
Human speakers generally find it easy to refer to entities in such a way that their hearers can dete...
Based on a Relevance Theory-informed view of language development, this paper argues that grammatica...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
In the debate about language evolution, the fact that there is no direct evidence about the emergenc...
Linguistics and philosophy have provided distinct views on the nature of reference to individuals in...
This dissertation investigates how informationally underspecified referential forms are interpreted ...
Article Accepted Date: 29 May 2014 Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge the support o...