Indices and Identity

by Robert May, Robert Fiengo, Robert Flengo

Under what conditions are expressions of a language the same; when are they different? Indices and Identity focuses on this question in the context of the theory of anaphora and on the role of indices in characterizing syntactic and semantic identity of expressions. Fiengo and May develop two main themes within the theory of anaphora. The first pertains to the meaning of coindexing and non-coindexing--the correspondence between indexical relations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262560763
• ISBN13: 9780262560764
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher