Reference and representation in thought and language / Maria de Ponte and Kepa Korta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ponte, María, editor.

Korta, Kepa, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Realization (Linguistics).

Representation (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 283 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

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 object. Chapters examine linguistic expressions used to refer to particular objects, persons, or places, as well as the ways we represent objects in thought.

Contents:

1 Introduction / María de Ponte and Kepa Korta

2 Names, predicates, and the object–property distinction / Genoveva Martí

3 Proper names / Eros Corazza

4 Indexicals and undexicals / John Perry

5 Reference, intention, and context / Kent Bach

6 Semantic complexity / Maite Ezcurdia

7 Donnellan’s misdescriptions and loose talk / Carlo Penco

8 Pre-semantic pragmatic enrichment / Yan Huang

9 The interplay of recipient design and salience in shaping speaker’s utterance / Istvan Kecskes

10 New thoughts about old facts / María de Ponte and Kepa Korta

11 Cognitive dynamics / François Recanati

12 The property theory and de se attitudes / Wayne A. Davis

13 Selfhood as self-representation / Kenneth A. Taylor

References

Index

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 19, 2017).

ISBN:

0-19-178262-9