Reference

Reference

1. referring expressions: a noun phrase that is linked to something outside language, its referent.

2. extension: is the set of entities which it denotes

   • intension: is the set of properties shared by al members of the extension.

3. prototype: is an object or referent that is considered typical of whole ser.

4. concrete and abstracto referent

   • unique and non-unique
     • countable and non-countable

5. kind of referents

6. deixis: this kind of reference can only be accomplished with people and concrete things un one's immediate enviroment.

7. definite reference: the speaker assumes that the referent can be identified by the addressee for one ir four reasons.

8. indefinite reference: the hearer has to make a choice from the extension of the noun.

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