Jeshion, Robin (2018) Katherine and the Katherine: On the syntactic distribution of names and count nouns. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 33 (3). pp. 473-508. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
Names are referring expressions and interact with the determiner system only exceptionally, in stark contrast with count nouns. The-predicativists like Sloat, Matushansky, and Fara claim otherwise, maintaining that syntactic data offers indicates that names belong to a special syntactic category which differs from common count nouns only in how they interact with ‘the’. I argue that the-predicativists have incorrectly discerned the syntactic facts. They have bypassed a large range of important syntactic data and misconstrued a critical data point on which they ground the-predicativism. The right data offers new compelling syntactic grounds for referentialism.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | names, nouns, syntax, predicativism, reference | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2018 20:15 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2018 20:15 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 15445 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vascou | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/v... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.19588 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation | ||||||
| Date: | September 2018 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 473-508 | ||||||
| Volume: | 33 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15445 |
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