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"""The book contains a thorough account of the controversy over the semantics of complex demonstratives, and advances a sophisticated positive theory that will interest everyone working on the semantics of natural language.""--Graeme Forbes, Department of Philosophy, Tulane University ""In this extremely clear and closely argued book, Jeffrey C. King claims that the majority view is mistaken: Complex demonstratives (and probably free standing ones) are quantifiers. King's view is ingenious, accounting for both the uses of demonstratives which have led Kaplan and others to take them to be devices of direct reference, as well as more obviously quantificational uses. The marshalling of syntactic and semantic evidence here is impressive; indeed, the book is a model of how one ought to do careful, significant work in semantics. King's view is certain to be the focus of discussion and debate.""--Mark Richard, Department of Philosophy, Tufts University"

The book contains a thorough account of the controversy over the semantics of complex demonstratives, and advances a sophisticated positive theory that will interest everyone working on the semantics of natural language. --Graeme Forbes, Department of Philosophy, Tulane University In this extremely clear and closely argued book, Jeffrey C. King claims that the majority view is mistaken: Complex demonstratives (and probably free standing ones) are quantifiers. King's view is ingenious, accounting for both the uses of demonstratives which have led Kaplan and others to take them to be devices of direct reference, as well as more obviously quantificational uses. The marshalling of syntactic and semantic evidence here is impressive; indeed, the book is a model of how one ought to do careful, significant work in semantics. King's view is certain to be the focus of discussion and debate. --Mark Richard, Department of Philosophy, Tufts University

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Jeffrey C. King is Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of California, Davis.

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