Do conflicting intentions give rise to multiple demonstrative reference? Reply to Mena

Manuscrito 43 (4):189-198 (2020)
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According to Ricardo Mena, a demonstrative refers to all the objects that the utterer has an intention for it to refer to, which may be more than one in cases where her referential intentions conflict. In this note I argue that Mena’s proposal has several serious problems.

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Mario Gomez-Torrente
National Autonomous University of Mexico

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