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The paper sketches the place of dynamic semantics within a broader picture of developments in philosophical and linguistic theories of meaning. Some basic concepts of dynamic semantics are illustrated by means of a detailed analysis of anaphoric definite and indefinite descriptions, which are treated as contextually dependent quantificational expressions. It is shown how a dynamic view sheds new light on the contextual nature of interpretation, on the difference between monologue and dialogue, and on the interplay between direct and indirect information.
A Dutch version of this paper, entitled ‘Betekenis in Beweging’, appeared in: Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 90-1, 1998, 26–53.
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Groenendijk, J., Stokhof, M. (2000). Meaning in Motion. 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_4
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