a definite description is a denoting phrase in the form of "the X" where X is a noun-phrase or a singular common noun. The definite description is proper...

is yek, meaning one. English articles Al- (definite article in Arabic) Definiteness Definite description False title Recasens, Marta; Martí, M. Antònia;...

analyzes definite descriptions similarly to indefinite descriptions, except that the individual is now uniquely specified. Take as an example of a definite description...

definiteness is a semantic feature of noun phrases that distinguishes between referents or senses that are identifiable in a given context (definite noun...

symmetric matrix   M   {\displaystyle \ M\ } with real entries is positive-definite if the real number   x ⊤ M x   {\displaystyle \ \mathbf {x} ^{\top }M\mathbf...

theory of definite descriptions). Kripke argued—against both the Russellian analysis and several attempted refinements of it—that such descriptions could...

visually impaired viewers Definite description, a phrase that denotes an object, discussed in the philosophy of language Description (linguistics), analyzing...

Positive-definite bilinear form Positive-definite function Positive-definite function on a group Positive-definite functional Positive-definite kernel Positive-definite...

other uniquely applying description. This is known as the descriptivist theory of names. Because Frege used definite descriptions in many of his examples...

happened to a person. A name functions as a rigid designator, while a definite description does not. (One could say 'If Aristotle had died young, he would never...

and advocates his theory of denoting phrases, according to which definite descriptions and other "denoting phrases ... never have any meaning in themselves...

For Russell, ordinary proper names are abbreviated definite descriptions. Here definite description refers again to the type of formulation "The…" which...

Herzegovina). In medicine, a disease entity is an illness due to a particular definite cause or to a specific pathological process. While a disease entity is...

sign, the quadratic form is called positive-definite or negative-definite. A semidefinite (or semi-definite) quadratic form is defined in much the same...

term appears to have originated at a much later date, and without a definite description; they are first mentioned in John de Mandeville's fourteenth-century...

forming a sentence nor even being linguistic (e.g. traffic signs convey definite meaning which is either true or false). Propositions are also spoken of...

Definite Article is the title of British comedian Eddie Izzard's 1996 performance, which was released on VHS and later on DVD. It was recorded on different...

in particular: Negative-definite bilinear form Negative-definite quadratic form Negative-definite matrix Negative-definite function This set index article...

Problematic expressions include names of fictional characters, definite descriptions and intentional attitude reports. Actualists have often responded...

"Reference and Definite Descriptions", Keith Donnellan sought to improve upon Strawson's distinction. He pointed out that there are two uses of definite descriptions:...

heavily focused upon definite descriptions and referent accessibility. Theories have been presented for why direct referent descriptions occur in discourse...

"disguised definite descriptions," but much subsequent work has treated them as altogether different things.) What is the "logical form" of definite descriptions:...

the analysis of proper names and definite descriptions. He criticized Bertrand Russell's theory of definite descriptions for overlooking the distinction...

In mathematics, positive semidefinite may refer to: Positive semidefinite function Positive semidefinite matrix Positive semidefinite quadratic form Positive...

activities in the description of language have been attributed to the 6th-century-BC Indian grammarian Pāṇini who wrote a formal description of the Sanskrit...

egg cells"; "had a sister" → "had a parent who had a female child". Description logic Connotation Extension (predicate logic) Extensionality Intensional...

Evig Poesi, Conurbia, Definite is a collaborative trio consisting of Norwegian hip-hop artists Evig Poesi, Conurbia and Definite. In 2011, they released...

stands for 'presupposes'. Definite descriptions are phrases of the form "the X" where X represents a noun phrase. The description is said to be proper when...

names of the sort described above as "abbreviated definite descriptions" (see Theory of descriptions). Hence Joseph R. Biden may be an abbreviation for...

not have complete lexicons, cannot be observed in use for linguistic description, and therefore cannot be studied in the same way a language spoken by...