Individuation and reference in memory: Proper names and definite descriptions
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Definite Descriptions and Semantic Memory
Subjects were exposed to sentences containing "direct" and "indirect" uses of names and definite descriptions. On a subsequent recognition test incorrect rejections tended to be of sentences involving indirect uses, and false alarms to sentences involving direct uses. This finding is contrary to the predictions of models that suggest indiscriminate substitution of names for descriptions, as do ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cognitive Psychology
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0010-0285
DOI: 10.1016/0010-0285(74)90023-1