Gaynesford, Maximilian de College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Print publication date: 2006 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-928782-6
doi:10.1093/0199287821.003.0007
 

Maximilian de Gaynesford
The logical character of I is obligatorily deictic. Some variant devices have obligatory anaphoric reference, some are free, and some again have obligatory deictic reference. It is by singling out individuals made salient in the extra-sentential context that uses of this third sort refer. Substitution instances reveal and matching constraints confirm that each use of I (together with singular You) must fall into this third category.
Keywords: deictic term, logical character, anaphora, extra-sentential context, substitution instances, matching constraints, salience, singular personal pronouns
doi:10.1093/0199287821.003.0007
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PART I Questions about the Meaning of I
PART II THE MEANING OF I