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Gärdenfors I 108
Discourse/discourse representation/Kamp/Heim/Gärdenfors: (Kamp, 1981(1), Heim, 1982(2)): discourse representation theory: thesis: while a discourse unfolds, its structure emerges. Each new sentence adds something to the representation. This concerns in particular anaphoric pronouns.
I 109
Gärdenfors pro Kamp, Gärdenfors pro Heim: Pronomina and index words change constantly during communication. This is overlooked by most other semantic theories.
<Discourse, >Discourse theory, >Representation, >Anaphora,
>Pronouns, >Index words, >Indexicality, >Semantics,
>Sentences, >Language, >Meaning, >Sentence meaning.

1. Kamp, Hans. 1981 A theory of truth and semantic representation. In: J.A.G. Groenendijk, T. M. V. Janssen & M. B. J. Stokhof (eds.), Formal methods in the study of language (pp. 277-322). Mathematical Centre Tracts 135. Amsterdam: Mathematisch Centrum.
2. Heim, Irene. 1988 The Semantics of Definite and Indefinite Noun Phrases. London.

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