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Sharvy's theory of definite descriptions revisited
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 88 (2):160–180 (2007)
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The paper revisits Sharvy's theory of plural definite descriptions. An alternative account of plural definite descriptions building on the ideas of plural quantification and non-distributive plural predication is developed. Finally, the alternative is extrapolated to account for generic uses of definite descriptions.Author's Profile
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10.1111/j.1468-0114.2007.00285.x
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