In this essay Kleiber's metalinguistic theory of proper names - according to which the proper name N is the abbreviation of the denominative predicate ‘being called /N/ (x) - is criticized. In particular, it is shown that it cannot deal with the translation of proper names and the synonymy of proper names.
Frigerio, A., Some objections to the metalinguistic theory of proper names, in Hilgert, E., Palma, S., Frath, P., Daval, R. (ed.), Res per nomen IV. Les théories du sens et de la référence. Hommage à George Kleiber, EPURE, Reims 2014: 405- 418 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/60035]
Some objections to the metalinguistic theory of proper names
Frigerio, Aldo
2014
Abstract
In this essay Kleiber's metalinguistic theory of proper names - according to which the proper name N is the abbreviation of the denominative predicate ‘being called /N/ (x) - is criticized. In particular, it is shown that it cannot deal with the translation of proper names and the synonymy of proper names.
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