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Complex Demonstratives, Articulation, and Overarticulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2010

Richard Vallée
Richard Vallée
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Université de Moncton
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Abstract

Complex demonstratives raise problems in semantics and force a reexamination of basic principles underlying the New Theory of Reference. First, I present these problems and the relevant principles. Then, I explore the most common suggestions, for instance, as those put forward by Braun and Dever. Finally, I introduce my own view. The latter is a non-ad hoc extension of the Reflexive-Referential analysis of context-sensitive terms as discussed by Perry. It accounts for familiar problems, including those raised by the fact that sometimes the object referred to does not satisfy the nominal, nor preserve the relevant principles.

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Les démonstratifs complexes soulèvent des problèmes sémantiques majeurs qui incitent à l'examen de principes sous-jacents à la nouvelle théorie de la référence. Je présente ces problèmes de même que les principes qu'ils semblent remettre en question, expose les deux principales approches des demonstratifs (celles defendue par Braun et par Dever) et, finalement, suggère une théorie inspirée des travaux de John Perry sur les expressions référentielles sensibles aux contexts d'énonciation. Ma façon d'aborder les démonstratifs complexes est un prolongement de l'approche réfléxive référentielle et fait appel à de multiples propositions exprimées par des énonciations.

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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , Winter 2005 , pp. 97 - 122
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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 2005

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