Using Others' Words

Yitzhak Benbaji*

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Abstract

In this paper I shall expose and analyze an overlooked function of quotation marks, which enables us to engage in the equally overlooked linguistic practice of using others' words. I shall focus on a case where a reporter has to use the speaker's words in order to express a thought that would otherwise be inexpressible by the reporter. The case borrowed from Kripke's "A Puzzle About Belief points at a weakness in the neo-Davidsonian theory of quotation that Cappelen and Lepore have recently developed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)93-112
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Philosophical Research
Volume29
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes

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