Felicitous Underspecification: Contextually Sensitive Expressions Lacking Unique Semantic Values in Context

by King and Jeffrey C. King

Felicitous uses of contextually sensitive expressions generally have unique semantic values in context. For example, a felicitous use of the singular pronoun 'she' generally has a single female as its unique semantic value in context. In the present work, Jeffrey C. King argues that contextually sensitive expressions have felicitous uses where they lack unique semantic values in context. He calls such uses instances of felicitous underspecification...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192857053
• ISBN13: 9780192857057
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.2"