PP-2001-13: Dekker, Paul (2001) ``She'' 's Character. [Report]
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Abstract
When it comes to the interpretation of pronouns or variables, theories
of interpretation generally adduce contexts in which these elements
feel at home. When pronouns are, thus, accommodated conveniently, they
pretty passively do what the contexts tell them to do, which is hardly
anything. These elements nevertheless succeed in oiling the wheels of
efficient linguistic information exchange. Upon closer inspection, it
is hard to say what the meaning of pronouns precisely is. They turn
out to have subtle indexical presuppositions but these easily go
unnoticed because pronouns so eagerly require them to be satisfied
whenever {\em they\/} are there. In this paper we uncover the
character of pronouns and identify their lexico-logical needs. We
attempt a characterization of their indexical presuppositions in what
we call an `intentional space', a concept formulated within a
many-sorted modal logic.
| Item Type: | Report |
|---|---|
| Report Nr: | PP-2001-13 |
| Series Name: | Prepublication (PP) Series |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | indexical semantics |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2016 14:36 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2016 14:36 |
| URI: | https://eprints.illc.uva.nl/id/eprint/55 |
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