Author | Hintikka, Jaakko. author |
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Title | Anaphora and Definite Descriptions [electronic resource] : Two Applications of Game-Theoretical Semantics / by Jaakko Hintikka, Jack Kulas |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1985 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5410-6 |
Descript | XIV, 250 p. online resource |
I: Introduction to Game-Theoretical Semantics -- 1. General -- 2. Formal first-order languages -- 3. Equivalence with Tarski-type truth-definitions -- 4. Translation to higher-order languages -- 5. Partially ordered quantifiers -- 6. Subgames and functional interpretations -- 7. Extension to natural languages -- 8. Similarities and differences between formal and natural languages -- 9. Competing ordering principles -- 10. Atomic sentences -- 11. Further rules for natural languages -- 12. Explanatory strategies -- Notes to Part I -- II: Definite Descriptions -- 1. Russell on definite descriptions -- 2. Prima facie difficulties with Russellโs theory -- 3. Can we localize Russellโs theory? -- 4. Game-theoretical solution to the localization problem -- 5. Anaphoric โtheโ in formal languages -- 6. Applications -- 7. Epithetic and counterepithetic the-phrases -- 8. Vagaries of the alleged head-anaphor relation -- 9. The anaphoric use of definite descriptions as a semantical phenomenon -- 10. The quantifier-exclusion phenomenon in natural languages -- 11. Inductive choice sets -- 12. Other uses of โtheโ -- 13. The Russellian use -- 14. The generic use motivated -- 15. Conclusions from the โpragmatic deductionโ -- Notes to Part II -- III: Towards a Semantical Theory of Pronominal Anaphora -- I: Different Approaches to Anaphora -- II: A Game-Theoretical Approach to Anaphora -- III: The Exclusion Principle -- IV: General Theoretical Issues -- V: GTS expalains Coreference Restrictions -- VI: Comparisons with Other Treatments -- Notes to Part III -- Name Index