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Reference and Inference: The Case of Anaphora

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Reference and Anaphoric Relations

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This paper discusses the relationship between the concept of reference and that of inference; the point is to indicate that contrary to the usual view it may be good to see the former as “parasitic” on the latter, not the other way around. The paper is divided into two parts.

I am grateful to Klaus von Heusinger and Vladimir Svoboda for valuable comments and criticism. This work was supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, grant No. 401/99/0619.

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Peregrin, J. (2000). Reference and Inference: The Case of Anaphora. In: von Heusinger, K., Egli, U. (eds) Reference and Anaphoric Relations. Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 72. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3947-2_14

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