The Referential Mechanism of Proper Names: Cross-Cultural Investigations Into Referential Intuitions

ISBN-13: 9780367497712 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 224 str.

Jincai Li

Opis

This book proposes a linguistic-competence-based account of referential intuitions. Using a series of novel experiments and the subsequent empircal results, Li argues for a fresh construal of the notion of reference and a pluralist account of the referential mechanism of proper names.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Proper Names and Reference 2. Classical Theories of Reference of Proper Names 3. An Account of Referential Intuitions 4. The Cross-cultural Variation in Referential Intuitions 5. The Effects of Moral Valence on Referential Intuitions 6. The Effects of Perspective-taking on Referential Intuitions 7. Theorizing the Reference of Proper Names 8. Conclusions

O autorze

Jincai Li is Lecturer in the Department of English at East China Normal University, China. Her research interests include experimental philosophy, experimental pragmatics, and experimental semantics. She has published in Cognition, Journal of Semantics and some prestigious Chinese journals.