This 1999 textbook investigates definiteness both from a comparative and a theoretical point
of view, showing how languages express definiteness and what definiteness is. It surveys a …

In this pioneering book Kasia Jaszczolt lays down the foundations of an original theory of
meaning in discourse, reveals the cognitive foundations of discourse interpretation, and puts …

This paper consists of the following parts: it (i) introduces one of the main problems of
theoretical contrastive linguistics, namely the issue of the platform of comparison,(ii) …

El presente artículo realiza un análisis del comportamiento de la forma doxástica creo (que)
cuando se trata de un verbo modal de subjetivización, especialmente en su manifestación …

Proper names may be a practical convenience in our mundane transactions, but they are a
theoretician's nightmare. They are like bicycles. Everyone easily learns how to ride, but no …

In this paper, I explore the relationship between Relevance Theory and Jaszczolt's Default
Semantics, framing this debate within the picture of massive modularity tempered by the …

Veridicality is a linguistic term used primarily within formal semantics. The approach to
veridicality adopted here is crucially based on the concept of truth commitment: if an …

The de re/de dicto ambiguity centers on the referential and/or attributive properties of noun
phrases within the scope of intentional operators, such as belief reports. For instance, in the …

Kecskes: Linguistic underspecification of utterance content is widely accepted across
different frameworks, including the neo-Gricean approaches (cf. Horn 2005; Levinson 2000) …

I propose a critical assessment of both the underspecification (sense-generality) and
ambiguity positions. I argue that within the frameworks that espouse the dynamic approach …