{"product_id":"descriptions-in-context","title":"Descriptions in Context","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1997, this book focuses on the semantics of definite and indefinite descriptions — taking the presuppositional theory of definiteness and indefiniteness proposed by Heim as a starting point. It seeks to show that there exists a special type of indefinites that have an interpretation commonly associated with definites. It further argues that the felicity conditions associated with indefinite NP’s can vary and develops a more fine-grained theory of novelty within the framework of File Change Semantics. More generally, this work can be seen as providing an empirical argument in favour of a dynamic theory of meaning and against the more traditional truth-conditional theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45588533969134,"sku":"9781138696990","price":151.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781138696990_d221cfbf-c35f-4152-bfaa-0598bec7df20.jpg?v=1721209166","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/descriptions-in-context","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}