Linguistic and Philosophical Perspectives about Reference

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Bringing varied perspectives on problems related to reference from philosophers of language and linguists, this edited collection initiates a dialogue between the two fields. The contributors to this volume, both philosophers and linguists, answer four questions: What is reference? Is there reference to the abstract? Is there sentential reference? Is there reference to time? Each chapter is followed by two responses: A linguist will comment on what the philosopher said, and how it can impact the research made in the related linguistic field, while a philosopher will comment on what the linguist said, in a similar sort of fashion. Edited by Ana Clara Polakof, Linguistic and Philosophical Perspectives about Reference highlights ways that linguistics and philosophy of language are currently closely connected and can mutually benefit from sustained interaction.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part 1: What Is Reference?
1. What Is Reference? A Philosopher's Perspective Arthur Sullivan
2. Comment to Arthur Sullivan's Paper Luciana Sanchez-Mendes
3. Reference and Natural Language Semantics Roberta Pires de Oliveira
4. Is a Semantics without Reference Philosophically Interesting? Eduarda Calado

Part 2: Is There Reference to the Abstract?
5. Reference to the Abstract Filipe Martone and Marco Ruffino
6. On the Reference of an Abstract: A Grammatical Approach Andrea Bohrn
7. Is There Reference to Abstract Objects in Natural Language? Friederike Moltmann
8. Commentary on Moltmann's Chapter Matías Gariazzo

Part 3: Is There Sentential Reference?
9. Is There Sentential Reference? Kepa Korta
10. Comment on “Is there Sentential Reference”? Fernando Carranza
11. Is There Sentential Reference? The Case of Event Sentences Ana Müller and Ana Clara Polakof
12. Sentential Reference and Event Sentences: A Rejoinder Tomás Barrero

Part 4: Is There Reference to Time?
13. Is There Reference to Time? María de Ponte
14. On the Internal and External Perspectives of Time in Linguistics Romina Trebisacce
15. Is There Reference to Time? Brenda Laca
16. Comment to Laca's “Is There Reference to Time?” David Rey
About the Contributors

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 16 Oct 2025
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 256
ISBN 9798216257745
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Series Philosophy of Language: Connections and Perspectives
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Ana Clara Polakof

Ana Clara Polakof is professor at the Linguistics…

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