A comprehensive and integrated approach to referring expressions and their typical and atypical use in different language contexts.

A relevance-theoretic account of reference, with a focus on its role in creating stylistic, attitudinal and emotional effects.

This volume offers novel views on the precise relation between reference to an object by means of a linguistic expression and our mental representation of that

Robert Dale presents a detailed description of the development of algorithms for the generation of referring expressions, and of the underlying structures that

This book describes the repertoire and uses of referring expressions by French-speaking children and their interlocutors in naturally occurring dialogues at hom