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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Data semantics: an epistemic theory of partial objects -- Pegs and alecs -- Data semantics for attitude reports -- Paradoxes of elimination

Explores a theory of indefinite noun phrase interpretation and definiteness effects. This book provides an introduction to aspects of the semantics of noun phrases, as well as comparing alternate theories. It is useful for students and scholars in formal semantics as well as the fields of syntax, pragmatics, and the philosophy of language.