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Definite Descriptions

Definite Descriptions

by Gary Ostertag

Language and languages, philosophyDescription (Philosophy)PhilosophyReference (Linguistics)Definiteness (Linguistics)
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Language and languages, philosophyDescription (Philosophy)PhilosophyReference (Linguistics)Definiteness (Linguistics)Language and languages

Author

Gary Ostertag

Pages

448

Read time

≈ 11h

Editions

2

Language

English

Publisher

MIT Press

ISBN

9780262650496

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