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Co-Extensive Theories and Unembedded Definite Descriptions

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Barber, A. (2005). Co-Extensive Theories and Unembedded Definite Descriptions. In: Elugardo, R., Stainton, R.J. (eds) Ellipsis and Nonsentential Speech. En]Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 81. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2301-4_10

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