Essays on Linguistic Context Sensitivity and its Philosophical Significance

New York: Routledge (2001)
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Drawing upon research in philosophical logic, linguistics and cognitive science, this study explores how our ability to use and understand language depends upon our capacity to keep track of complex features of the contexts in which we converse.

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