?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Reference_+and_Definiteness%2CRevised&rft.creator=riley%2C+dr+john+a.&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.description=If+D+denotes+a+discourse%2C+and+p+an+expression+in+an+utterance+u+of+D%2C+the+action%2C+D(p)%2C+of+D+on+p%2C+is+the+set+of+mental+representations+of+the+interpretations+of+p+in+D%2C+and+corresponds+to+the+discourse+'meaning'+of+p+in+D.+The+correspondence+p--%3ED(p)+is+called+the+reference+of+the+speaker.+The+domain%2C+dom(p)%2C+is+defined%2C+and+it+is+shown+that+the+set+i(D(p))+of+underlying+entities+of+D(p)+is+contained+in+or+equal+to+dom(p).+A+reference+is+inclusive+if+i(D(p))+%3D+dom(p)%3B+exclusive+otherwise.+If+dom(p)+(resp.+i(D(p)))+consists+of+a+single+entity%2C+the+reference+is+said+to+be+unique+(resp+unambiguous).+Definite+reference+is+defined+as+unambiguous+and+inclusive.+It+is+shown+that+definite+reference+is+unique+in+the+classical+sense%2C+and+it+is+conjectured+that+a+generalization+of+the+notion+of+'familiarity'+holds.+A+number+of+putative+counterexamples+to+the+classical+definition+are+shown+to+satisfy+the+more+general+definition.+Other+application+is+made+to+specificity%2C+predicate+nominals%2C+and+parameterized+nominals.+&rft.date=2006-03&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4814%2F1%2FREFERENCE_AND_DEFINITENESS-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++riley%2C+dr+john+a.++(2006)+Reference_+and_Definiteness%2CRevised.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4814%2F