Proper Names: A Millian Account PDF
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Proper Names Proper Names A Millian Account Stefano Predelli 1 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries ©StefanoPredelli2017 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2017 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicence,orundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2016955816 ISBN 978–0–19–877815–8 PrintedinGreatBritainby ClaysLtd,StIvesplc LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. To Nathan Salmon Contents Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 1. Preliminaries 7 2. ArticulationsandUses 21 3. LaunchingNames 39 4. UsingNames 60 5. LooseEnds 81 6. NamesandNouns 95 7. ATaleofTwoHorses 110 8. TheNo-NameHypothesis 125 References 153 Index 163 Acknowledgements Anumberoffriendsandcolleagueshavehelpedmedeveloptheideasin this book, including Ben Caplan, Stacie Friend, Kasia Jaszczolt, Robin Jeshion, Giuseppe Longobardi, Dolf Rami, and Alberto Voltolini. I also owe a debt of gratitude to the patient and generous audiences at the symposium on Names, Demonstratives, and Expressives in Gargnano (Universitá degli Studi di Milano), at the Semantics and Pragmatics Workshop in Cambridge (Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics), and at my lectures at SADAF in Buenos Aires and at the EcoleNormaleSuperieureinParis.AspecialthankyougoestoBenjamin Curtis, Eleonora Orlando, and Francois Recanati, who have helped me withspecificcommentsandwithstimulatingcriticismsandsuggestions. Two anonymous referees have provided encouraging, competent, and often crucial recommendations. Many thanks to them, to Peter Momtchiloff,andtothepeopleatOxfordUniversityPress. IdedicatethisbooktoNathanSalmon,myteacherattheUniversityof Santa Barbara during the first half of my graduate studies. A heartfelt thankyoutohimforhissupportduringthoseyears,andforintroducing metothebeautiesoftheMillianviewofpropernames.
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