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- ↑ Buchanan, Ray. "Felicitous Underspecification: Contextually Sensitive Expressions Lacking Unique Semantic Values in Context". NDPR.
- ↑ Hanks, Peter (September 10, 2014). "Review of New Thinking about Propositions". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
- ↑ Deutsch, Harry (May 24, 2008). "Review of The Nature and Structure of Content". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
