Fictional Names: A Critical Study of Some Theories Not Committed to the Existence of Fictional Entities

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4438-5973-8
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 130 Seiten

If it is true that when we use a name, it must be the name of something, what is it that we name when we use terms such as Sherlock Holmes, Odysseus, and many of the same type? What is it we are addressing and how do the referential relations work assuming that we are thinking or talking about something when we use these terms? Otherwise, if we are speaking about nothing when we use a fictional name, how do we understand the linguistic process which gives us the impression of speaking about something?

This book develops a critical study of some theories which deny any ontological existence to fictional characters. It provides an analysis of the contribution of these terms to the meaning of the sentences in which they are used and on the structure of thoughts adopted in assertions about fictional characters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Napolano, Angelo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Theoretische Linguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Etymologie, Onomastik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition

Über Autor(innen)

Napolano, Angelo
Angelo Napolano started his work on non-referential terms at the University of Milan as a graduate student. He has attended various international conferences and workshops, completing his work on fictional names as a research student at the University of Nottingham.

Angelo Napolano started his work on non-referential terms at the University of Milan as a graduate student. He has attended various international conferences and workshops, completing his work on fictional names as a research student at the University of Nottingham.