Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: In this paper, we argue that proper names have deferred uses. Following Geoffrey Nunberg, we describe the deferred reference mechanism by which a linguistic expression refers to something in the world by exploiting a contextually salient relation between an index and the referent in question. Nunberg offered a thorough analysis of deferred uses of indexicals but claimed that proper names do not permit such uses. We, however, offer a number of examples of uses of proper names which pass grammatical tests for deferred usage, as put forward by Nunberg.
Source: Journal of Semantics
DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffab001
Authors: Katarzyna Kijania-Placek, Paweł Banaś
Institution: Jagiellonian University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,413
Award: G4426418667
OpenAlex ID: W3136826117