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- Title
A Not-so-Simple Rule for 'I'.
- Authors
Ciecierski, Tadeusz; Rudnicki, Jakub
- Abstract
Maximilian de Gaynesford has argued against the standard view that the reference of the first-person pronoun 'I' is determined by a rule linking the referent to some feature of the context of use. In this paper, we argue that de Gaynesford's arguments are inconclusive. Our main aim, however, is to formulate a novel version of the reference rule for 'I'. We argue that this version can deal with several problematic cases. Our strategy involves analysing the so-called agent of the context as the person responsible for a particular speech act. From this analysis, we exclude a particular class of uses of 'I', uses that we believe are best understood as demonstrative.
- Subjects
PRONOUNS (Grammar); DEMONSTRATIVES (Grammar); SEMANTICS; SPEECH acts (Linguistics); DE Gaynesford, Maximilian
- Publication
Philosophical Quarterly, 2023, Vol 73, Issue 4, p1100
- ISSN
0031-8094
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/pq/pqad025