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Godden, Kurt – 1979
Donnellan's distinction between attributive and referential uses of definite descriptions is extended to include Lewis' basic categories. The distinction as applied to sentences is brought out by investigating the consequences of the failure of presupposed sentences. Stalnaker uses Donnellan's distinction to support his theory of creating an…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Cultural Context, Grammar, Language Patterns
Schiffrin, Deborah – 1978
This paper presents the results of a quantitative analysis of the historical present tense (HP) in English. The tokens of HP in narrative clauses, such as "he's smiling, an' he picks up the card," are referentially equivalent to their past tense alternants in the phrases, "he was smiling an' he picked up the card." Previous…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Language Patterns
