- An Ambiguity View of Specificity
- An Ambiguity View of Specificity
- ㆍ 저자명
- Yeom. Jae-Il
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 영어학
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2001년|1권 1호|pp.81-100 (20 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국영어학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물|ENG| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
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In this paper I review previous analyses of specific indefinites, and propose a new analysis. The main claim is that a specific indefinite presupposes that an agent, a speaker in general, has in mind an individual which satisfies the descriptive content. I provide evidence for the ambiguity view of specificity. First, I show that a specific indefinite triggers a pre- supposition. Second, I show that a specific indefinite is a strong quantifier while a nonspecific is a weak one. Finally, I discuss different behaviors of specific and nonspecific indefinites in anaphora.