A unified theory of quotation

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 86 (2):161–171 (2005)
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Abstract

This paper offers a theory of quotation by uniting two apparently disparate extant theories, Recanati's pragmatic theory and Washington's identity theory. Recanati draws a distinction between open and closed quotations, and contends that open quotations do not refer. Washington argues that closed quotations refer to various expression types, not just orthographic and/or phonetic types. By combining these views, this paper proposes a theory, according to which quotations, open or closed, may be tokens of semantico-physical types (i.e., meaningful expressions), and while those types are mentioned (or referred to) by closed quotations, they are used in open quotations

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Varieties of Quotation.Herman Cappelen & Ernie Lepore - 1997 - Mind 106 (423):429-450.
Quotation.Donald Davidson - 1979 - Theory and Decision 11 (1):27-40.
Open quotation.François Recanati - 2001 - Mind 110 (439):637-687.

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