Sharvy's theory of definite descriptions revisited

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-180

  Brogaard, Berit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 34547892308     PISSN: 02790750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2007.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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