Some immaterial abstract intermediary or a mathematical in the case of dianoiaOn the objects account Plato has little to say about the status of the concepts deployed in thought.

Example of same expression have different referents. John is Marys best friend. Two different expressions can have the same referent classical example. The classic example for this is the fact that the expressions the morning star and the evening star both have the same referent the planet Venus which is not a star at all.

The brother of Robert John. I have tolerance different referents and causative objects can be tied to same expression. In example 20 where Kent cigarette is a modifier of the whole referring expression Kent cigarette filters but at the same time a referring expression itself.

For example in the sentence Mary saw me the referent of the word Mary is the particular person called Mary who is being spoken of while the referent of the word me is the person uttering the sentence. One referent Lake Ontario is unique and the referring expression Lake Ontario always refers to that referent. Identifying or finding the referent of a referring expression we mean this in the sense of determining which object is the intended referent.

When we say you have come back to home while you are drunken it can mean various meanings or intentions to mean that I was worried why you have drunken too much or I didnt want you drove a car or did you drink alchohol again. Take into account that modifiers can themselves contain referring expressions. Lake Ontario and a lake are different referring expressions with different kinds of referent.

YTwo different expressions can have the same referent cl i l l th M i St lassical example. Types of Referring Expression Indefinite Noun Phrase uses articles in its expression. The whole referring expression has been underlined and the nested referring expression has been bracketed.

Give an example not found in this unit. Just find two or more ways to describe the same thing in different words and you have two or more expressions with the same referent. Th e Morning Star and the Evenin g Star to refer to the planet Venus.