Revisiting Semantic Issues of Proper Names
The semantic status of proper names in linguistics and language philosophy has been comprehensively studied. It has long been held that proper names are mainly used to refer to certain entities, not to describe them. However, while Millian theorists claim that proper names do not possess a lexical...
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2022-03-01
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| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2378 |