Alessandro Capone

Proper Names, Quasi Proper Names, De se Thoughts, and Communication

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an in-depth exploration of proper names, quasi-proper names, de se thoughts, and communication, offering a comprehensive analysis of how proper names function within language. Aimed at scholars in the philosophy of language and linguistics, it delves into the distinction between referential acts and referential presuppositions,highlighting the involvement of conceptual components. The book examines the use of proper names in various linguistic contexts, including their role in speech acts, the evolution of names, and the interplay between direct reference and conceptual dimensions. It also explores the unique functions of proper names in assertions and non-assertive speech acts, such as calling and scolding. By analyzing primary and secondary data, the book enhances understanding of nominal categorization and the grammatical features of proper names, addressing the challenges of learning and using them. This book significantly contributes to the broader fieldof linguistics, offering new perspectives on the semantics of de se structures, quasi-proper names, and the pragmatic presuppositions associated with proper names.

Produktdetails

• Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology 32
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Nature Switzerland / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-031-95012-4
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm
• ISBN-13: 9783031950124
• Artikelnr.: 74158274

Autorenporträt

Alessandro Capone is a full professor of General Linguistics at the University of Messina. He has published about a hundred articles in international journals and several monographs on indirect speech and the relationship between pragmatics and philosophy. Alessandro Capone is part of the scientific committee of various prestigious international journals and coordinates the Research and Mobility project at the University of Messina

Inhaltsangabe

Presuppositions as pragmemes: The case of exemplification acts.- On the distinction between reference and referential presuppositions.- Proper names as speech acts.- Quasi-proper names and pragmatics.- Thinking, expressing and reporting de se thoughts (and the problem of proper names).- Conclusion.