Indexicals and Names in Proverbs

• Authors: Katarzyna Kijania-Placek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper offers an analysis of indexical expressions and proper names as they are used in proverbs. Both indexicals and proper names contribute properties rather than objects to the propositions expressed when they are used in sentences interpreted as proverbs. According to the proposal, their contribution is accounted for by the mechanism of descriptive anaphora. Indexicals with rich linguistic meaning, such as ‘I’, ‘you’ or ‘today’, turn out to be cases of the attributive uses of indexicals, i.e. uses whose contribution relies on the linguistic meaning of the word. Third person pronouns, names of locations as well as surnames are analyzed as non-attributive descriptive uses.

Keywords

EN

indexicals; proverbs; descriptive indexicals; attributive uses of indexicals

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 59-78

Dates

published

2016-09-01

online

2016-11-23

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Kijania-Placek

• Jagiellonian University

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/slgr-2016-0033