Referring expressions

Referring expressions

1. Concept

   • It´s any expressions used an itterance to refer to something or someone

2. conditions of expressions

   • The condition for ana expression to be referring one is; the speaker and the hearer have the same perception of what is being talked about

3. Remarks about referring epressions

   • Some expressions can only be used as referring expressions
   • Some expressions can never be used as referring expressions
   • Can be used to refer or not, depending on the kind of sentence they occur in

4. Referring expression funtion

   • They are used with a particular referrent in mind but sometimes these expressions are not clear

5. Types of referring expressions

   • Definite noun phrases
     • Proper names
     • Personal Pronouns
     • Descriptive expressions
   • Indefinite noun phrases
     • Use to indefinite artticles

6. Equative Sentence

   • Sentence used to assert that two referring expressions have the same referent

7. Reversibility in equatives

   • Reversibility is one of the features expressions can be reversed witout loss of acceptablility