{"title":"De Re/De Dicto","authors":"Ezra Keshet, F. Schwarz","doi":"10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199687305.013.10","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The de re/de dicto distinction describes the interaction of intensional operators and noun phrases in a sentence. The classic example ‘I want a sloop’ due to Quine (1956) contrasts two readings: a desire for a particular sloop (de re) and ‘relief from slooplessness’ (de dicto). The distinction is commonly discussed in connection with modal expressions, often construed as quantifiers over possible worlds, but entirely parallel phenomena arise for tenses, construed as quantifiers over times, and situations, combining possible worlds and time spans. This chapter provides a brief historical background of the de re/de dicto distinction and then lays out the basics of a traditional analysis in terms of scope. Next, challenges to such a theory are reviewed, as well as possible revisions to capture this problematic data. The last part of the chapter notes some loose ends and possible extensions.","PeriodicalId":22888,"journal":{"name":"The Oxford Handbook of Reference","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Oxford Handbook of Reference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199687305.013.10","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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摘要
de re/de dicto的区别描述了句子中内涵操作符和名词短语的相互作用。奎因(1956)的经典例子“我想要一艘单桅帆船”对比了两种解读:对一艘特定单桅帆船的渴望(de re)和“从懒散中解脱”(de dicto)。这种区别通常与情态表达有关,通常被解释为可能世界的量词,但完全平行的现象出现在时态中,被解释为时间和情境的量词,结合了可能世界和时间跨度。本章简要介绍了de re/de dicto区分的历史背景,然后在范围方面列出了传统分析的基础。接下来,对这种理论的挑战进行了回顾,以及可能的修订,以捕获这些有问题的数据。本章的最后一部分说明了一些松散的结尾和可能的扩展。
The de re/de dicto distinction describes the interaction of intensional operators and noun phrases in a sentence. The classic example ‘I want a sloop’ due to Quine (1956) contrasts two readings: a desire for a particular sloop (de re) and ‘relief from slooplessness’ (de dicto). The distinction is commonly discussed in connection with modal expressions, often construed as quantifiers over possible worlds, but entirely parallel phenomena arise for tenses, construed as quantifiers over times, and situations, combining possible worlds and time spans. This chapter provides a brief historical background of the de re/de dicto distinction and then lays out the basics of a traditional analysis in terms of scope. Next, challenges to such a theory are reviewed, as well as possible revisions to capture this problematic data. The last part of the chapter notes some loose ends and possible extensions.