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14 - Indexicals and Contextual Involvement

from Part III - From Truth to Vagueness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 November 2021

Piotr Stalmaszczyk
Affiliation:
University of Lodz, Poland
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Indexicality is a special, systematic kind of context dependence which characterizes expressions such as I, here, or that. The linguistic meaning of indexicals contains a rule that constrains the ways in which their semantic value depends on the various features of the context of their use. If A utters a sentence which does not contain indexical expressions, and B agrees with A, B may simply repeat the sentence uttered. Treating the repetition of what somebody else uttered as constituting their endorsement would, however, end in failure with most indexicals.

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Print publication year: 2021

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