Perspectives in Reported Discourse : The De Re/De Dicto Distinction, Indexicality, and Presupposition

David Yoshikazu Oshima

ISBN 10: 3639367529 / ISBN 13: 9783639367522

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2011

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This work addresses issues regarding propositional attitudes, with an overarching theme of how the speaker's choice of perspective (between his own and the reported agent's) manifests itself in attitude reports. I take up four dimensions of perspective: (i) analytic, (ii) logophoric, (iii) deictic, and (iv) empathic, and discuss proper semantic treatments of them. The analytic perspective concerns the de re and de dicto modes of attitude reports. The logophoric perspective concerns the opposition between de se and non-de se reports. The deictic and empathic perspectives concern the choice of the reference point(s) for deictic predicates and the determination of the empathy relation. Towards the end, I also discuss factors that affect the possible or favored choice of perspective, including (i) the interaction among the subtypes of perspective and (ii) the implicational hierarchy of attitude predicates.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perspectives in Reported Discourse : The De Re/De Dicto Distinction, Indexicality, and Presupposition
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639367529
• ISBN 13: 9783639367522
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 16D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 424 grams

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Synopsis

This work addresses issues regarding propositional attitudes, with an overarching theme of how the speaker's choice of perspective (between his own and the reported agent's) manifests itself in attitude reports. I take up four dimensions of perspective: (i) analytic, (ii) logophoric, (iii) deictic, and (iv) empathic, and discuss proper semantic treatments of them. The analytic perspective concerns the de re and de dicto modes of attitude reports. The logophoric perspective concerns the opposition between de se and non-de se reports. The deictic and empathic perspectives concern the choice of the reference point(s) for deictic predicates and the determination of the empathy relation. Towards the end, I also discuss factors that affect the possible or favored choice of perspective, including (i) the interaction among the subtypes of perspective and (ii) the implicational hierarchy of attitude predicates.

About the Author

David Y. Oshima is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Communication at Nagoya University. His fields of specialization are semantics, pragmatics, syntax, and Japanese linguistics. He earned his Ph.D. in Linguistics from Stanford University in 2006.