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On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, And Rosta wrote:
> xod:
> > da is often used to refer to specific entities that the speaker has in
> > mind, and of which the speaker wants to assert the existence, and wants
> > to assign a variable
>
> As far as sentential meaning goes, {da} never refers to a specific entity.
> But it is true that I can say things like "I have a son", and when I
> say that I do have my son in mind, even though "a son" does not refer
> to him.
When you say "I have a son", you're not referring to your own son?
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