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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jincai Li, Jincai (East China Normal University Li
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9780367497729
• ISBN: 978-0-367-49772-9
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics