What is in a Name?: An Inquiry into the Semantics and Pragmatics of Proper Names

by Farhang Zabeeh

I. Preliminaries.- II. Theories of Logicians.- 1. Mill.- 2. Frege.- 3. Russell.- 4. Some More Recent Talk on Proper Names.- (i) Ziff.- (ii) Strawson.- (iii) Ayer.- (iv) Searle.- (v) Shawyder.- (vi) Kneale.- III. Theories of Linguists.- 1. Gardiner.- 2. S rensen.- 3. Syntactic Regularities: Jespersen, Chomsky, Gardiner.- IV. A Constructive Move.- 1. On Dictionary Definition.- 2. The Pragmatic Dimension.- 3. The Need for Identification.- 4. Referring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401504520
• ISBN13: 9789401504522
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"