The but not all: A partitive account of plural definite descriptions

Berit Brogaard

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0017.2007.00314.x

The but not all: A partitive account of plural definite descriptions

Berit Brogaard

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A number of authors in favor of a unitary account of singular descriptions have alleged that the unitary account can be extrapolated to account for plural definite descriptions. In this paper I take a closer look at this suggestion. I argue that while the unitary account is clearly onto something right, it is in the end empirically inadequate. At the end of the paper I offer a new partitive account of plural definite descriptions that avoids the problems with both the unitary account and standard Russellian analyses.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	402-426
Number of pages	25
Journal	Mind and Language
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0017.2007.00314.x
State	Published - Sep 1 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Language and Linguistics
Philosophy
Linguistics and Language

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