E-type interpretation without e-type pronoun

how Peirce's graphs capture the uniqueness implication of donkey pronouns in discourse anaphora

Chuansheng He

pp. 971-990

in: Pietarinen (ed), Peirce's logic and philosophy of language, Synthese 192 (4), 2015.

Abstract

In this essay, we propose that Peirce’s Existential Graphs can derive the desired uniqueness implication (or in a weaker claim, the definite description readings) of donkey pronouns in conjunctive discourse (A man walks in the park. He whistles), without postulating a separate category of E-type pronouns.

Cited authors

Peirce Charles Sanders