Jincai Li

The Referential Mechanism of Proper Names (eBook, ePUB)

Cross-cultural Investigations into Referential Intuitions

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000648621
• Artikelnr.: 64709815

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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