Hybrid Expressions

Ciecierski, Tadeusz

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“…Organon F 30 (1) 2023: 102-126 cases of utterances where more than one indexical occurring in the sentence is linked to a single aspect of the context which may take different values relevant for the interpretation of the respective indexicals (like in the sentence: 'It is now 3 o'clock and it is now past three' uttered by the speaker who intentionally started speaking at 3 o'clock but finished one past three) suggest a similar pragmasemantical mechanism governing the use of indexicals and demonstratives (cf. Ciecierski (2019)). The mechanism in question takes into the account both the intentions of the speaker and the class of potential values of contextual parameters predicting that the successful reference emerges as the result of interaction between the two factors.…”

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“…However, some words that are used in the utterance are not purely linguistic devices -they are rather hybrid expressions, i.e. expressions that contain (to use Frege's well-known formulation) means of expressing the content as parts, constituents or aspects (for various interpretations of this idea see: Künne (1992), (2010), Textor (2007Textor ( ), (2015, Kripke (2008), Penco (2013), Ciecierski (2019)). In case of demonstrative words the respective means are demonstrations.…”

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Actions, Products, Demonstrations

Ciecierski¹

2023

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As it is broadly accepted, typical uses of demonstratives are accompanied by demonstrations. The concept of demonstration, however, manifests the action-product ambiguity analogous to that visible in the opposition between jumping and the resulting jump, talking and the resulting talk or crying and the resulting cry. It is also a heterogeneous concept that enables demonstrations to vary significantly. The present paper discusses action-product ambiguity as applied to demonstrations as well as the heterogeneity of the latter. An account that acknowledges ambiguity and heterogeneity of demonstrations is sketched in the paper. It is argued that it has a rich explanatory and descriptive potential.

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Ciecierski¹

2023

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Indexicals and essential demonstrations

Penco

2021

Semiotica

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In this paper, I discuss some of Maximilian de Gaynesford’s arguments regarding indexicals. Although I agree with his treatment of the first singular personal pronoun as a prototype of demonstrative expressions, I challenge his refusal to treat indexicals as complex demonstratives. To offer an alternative to this refusal I try to develop a common ground from different theories that consider indexicals as linguistic constructions that embed a nonlinguistic element, following an original idea in Frege’s latest writings. These views form the backdrop on which we can put forward the claim of treating all indexicals as complex demonstratives. In the central part of the paper, I criticize each of de Gaynesford’s arguments against the reduction of indexicals to complex demonstratives. Besides, I propose a new definition of the concept of “demonstration” as a nonlinguistic feature of all indexicals in their referential uses, to contrast de Gaynesford’s rejection of the idea that demonstrations are an essential feature of indexicals. Eventually, I strengthen my claim by distinguishing indexicals from proper names and definite descriptions on the ground that only perceptual indexicals necessarily require an accompanying demonstration. However, the main point of the paper is a negative one, that is the rejection of de Gaynesford’s arguments against the reduction of indexicals to complex demonstratives. More work is needed to reach a positive conclusion on this topic.

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Hybrid Expressions

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Indexicals and essential demonstrations

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