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Publication details [#13274]

Seymour, Michel. 1994. Pretending to Refer. In Parret, Herman, ed. Pretending to Communicate. (Foundations of communication and cognition). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 51–70.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

locutionary act | reference

Person as a subject

Grice, P.H. | Russell, B. | Strawson, P.F. | Van Orman Quine, W.

Annotation

Concentrating on singular reference, the author states that such reference is never literally achieved and that we can only pretend to refer.