Definiteness as Maximal Informativeness

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von Fintel, Kai; Fox, Daniel; Iatridou, Sabine
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Abstract
We argue that definites are interpreted as denoting the maximally informative object that falls under the relevant predicate.
Date issued
2014
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95780
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Journal
The Art and Craft of Semantics: A Festschrift for Irene Heim, vol. 1
Publisher
MIT Working Papers in Linguistics
Citation
Von Fintel, Kai, Danny Fox, and Sabine Iatridou. (2014). "Definiteness as Maximal Informativeness." In Crnic, Luka, and Uli Sauerland (Eds.), The Art and Craft of Semantics: A Festschrift for Irene Heim, vol. 1, MITWPL 70, pp. 165–174
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