Abstract

This review examines the file-change theory of semantics by Heim. It focuses on the failure of logical interpretation for ''Donkey sentences''. Founded that this theory has its origins in cognitive linguistics, since it deals with the change in the state of people's mind during the course of a conversation. This study attempts to discuss the file-change semantics and familiarity of definiteness with relation to formation structuring. The problem is, therefore, this topic has not received an adequate analysis and it is a problematic since it is difficult to interpret NPs in what is called ''Donkey sentences''. This study attempts to model file change semantics and its close relation to information structuring. Therefore, this study concerns with two important concepts: a listener's mind in file change semantics is just like an empty file. Therefore, two important theories are utilized to analyze the information structuring of NPs which are (Fil-change semantic by Heim and Familiarity of definiteness) Hence, it aims at showing how these theories are employed in analyzing and identifying the logical interpretation of information structure. It also reveals how the listener has only old information while the speaker utters new sentences and updates the original information by adding new information and this will become old by adding new information. Hence, this appears the continuity process of file change.