In fact, the translation starts from the indexed indefinite noun phrase 'a mani'.
In particular, Davies [1981] holds that pronouns anaphoric on singular indefinite noun phrases ('Mary owns a dog. It…') "go proxy" for definite descriptions (pps. 166-176).
The discussion of definite and indefinite descriptions (phrases of the form 'the F' and 'an F') has been at the center of analytic philosophy for over a century now.
In this presentation, I argue that the comprehension of definite and indefinite noun phrases is best described within a dual-process model of referent activation.
The dual-process model proposed here was tested in a visual-world eye-tracking experiment, where the different functions associated with definite and indefinite noun phrases are reflected at the level of a referent's accessibility to a comprehender.
Third, I shall confine myself to briefly describing how each theory handles simple discourse anaphora of the sort exhibited by (7) above, in which a pronoun in one sentence is anaphoric on an indefinite noun phrase in a previous sentence and donkey anaphora.
Ordinarily, when philosophers talk about descriptions, they have two kinds of expressions in mind: definite descriptions understood to be phrases of the form 'the F' (and their equivalents in other languages), and indefinite descriptions understood to be phrases of the form 'an F' (and their equivalents in other languages).
One characteristic feature of these arguments is the use which they make of "referential vocabulary"—names, definite descriptions, indefinite descriptions, quantified noun phrases, etc. whose ontological commitments for occurrences of this vocabulary in "referential position"—non-theists do not accept.
"A lot" is a noun phrase (an indefinite article a + a noun) that functions as an adjective to refer to the quantity of something.
To get around that decision, lawmakers are considering legislation to strike the phrase "for the indefinite future" from the state's residency definition.
The new measure, HB 1264, which is set to take effect on July 1, removes the phrase "for the indefinite future" from the definition of resident and makes it identical to the definition of domiciled.
