Stojnić et al. (Philos Perspect 27(1):502–525, 2013 ; Linguist Philos 40(5):519–547, 2017 ) argue that the reference of demonstratives is fixed without any contribution from the extra-linguistic context. On their ‘prominence/coherence’ theory, the reference of a demonstrative expression depends only on its context-independent linguistic meaning. Here, we argue that Stojnić et al.’s striking claims can be maintained in only the thinnest technical sense. Instead of eliminating appeals to the extra-linguistic context, we show how the prominence/coherence theory merely suppresses them. Then we ask why one might be tempted to try and offer such a view. Since we are rather sympathetic to the motivations we find, we close by sketching a more plausible alternative.

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话语与方法

斯托伊尼奇等人。(Philos Perspect 27(1):502–525, 2013 ; Linguist Philos 40(5):519–547, 2017 ) 认为指示词的指称是固定的，没有来自语言外语境的任何贡献。在他们的“突出/连贯”理论中，指示性表达的指称仅取决于其独立于上下文的语言意义。在这里，我们认为 Stojnić 等人的惊人主张只能在最细微的技术意义上得到维护。我们没有消除对语言外语境的诉求，而是展示了突出/连贯理论如何仅仅压制它们。然后我们问为什么人们可能会试图提供这样一种观点。由于我们对我们发现的动机相当同情，因此我们通过勾勒出一个更合理的替代方案来结束。