Proper Names: A Millian Account

176 Pages·2016·0.782 MB·English

by  Stefano Predelli

Proper Names

Proper Names
A Millian Account
Stefano Predelli
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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.