Semantics of Deictic Expressions: Introducing a Cognitive-Discoursal Model of Reference
Semantics of Deictic Expressions: Introducing a Cognitive-Discoursal Model of Reference

Bohloul Alaei

Volume 6, Issue 2 , January 2016, , Pages 81-99

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.57504

Abstract
  Deictic expressions belong to a category of linguistic expressions which seemingly require an extra-linguistic context for their referents to be recognized. They have referential, anaphoric ...  Read More
Direct Reference Theory and the Substitutivity of Co-referent Proper Names in Propositional Attitude Sentences
Direct Reference Theory and the Substitutivity of Co-referent Proper Names in Propositional Attitude Sentences

Bohloul Alaei

Volume 4, Issue 2 , March 2014, , Pages 101-119

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2014.50274

Abstract
  Inadequacy of descriptive theories to account for the mechanism of reference led to the emergence of the direct reference theory. This theory, however, has its own problems. If the ...  Read More