Abandoning Coreference

Ken Safir

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199248964.003.0005

Abandoning Coreference

Ken Safir

School of Arts and Sciences, Linguistics

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This chapter argues that if intended coreference involves picking out the same referent, the same extension in the world of discourse, then it does not describe the class of coconstruals that existing theories of (intended) coreference address, or that they should address. It contends that there exist dependent identity readings which are not coreference readings. The chapter makes the case against the usefulness of both intended reference, and hence intended coreference, with minimal appeal to technical notions in linguistics.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Thought, Reference, and Experience
Subtitle of host publication	Themes from the Philosophy of Gareth Evans
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191719387
ISBN (Print)	9780199248964
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199248964.003.0005
State	Published - Jan 1 2009

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General Arts and Humanities

Keywords

Dependent reference
Enforced coreference
Gareth Evans
Pragmatic coreference

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