Abstract
To my knowledge, this is the first book-length philosophical treatment of quotation. It not only does a great job bringing the reader to the forefront of current discussions of the topic, but on the way makes many bold and well-argued claims on a variety of specific questions, and advances substantial theories about the semantic contribution of quotation marks, in their various kinds of occurrence, and about the nature of items quoted. In what follows, I will summarize the book, then discuss some of the authors’ claims, dwelling on three issues: their objections to the view of Francois Recanati on “presemantic” effects; the relation between their theory of quotation and the “Proper Name Theory,” which they reject; and their treatment of mixed quotation, which rests on the claim that quotation expressions are “syntactic chameleons.”
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