This is the first book devoted to the question of how language can be used to talk about language. Cappelen and Lepore examine the semantics, the pragmatics, and the syntax of linguistic devices that can be used in this way, and present a new account of our use of quotation in a variety of different contexts.

Herman Cappelen is Arché Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews.; Ernie Lepore is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

• Preface and Acknowledgements


• 1: Advertisement


• 2: Preliminaries: 'Quotation' and Varieties of Quotation


• Part I: Data


• 3: Overview


• 4: Omitted Quotation Marks


• 5: 'Impure' Direct Quotes


• 6: Mixed Quotation


• 7: Quotation and Context Sensitivity


• Part II: Theory


• 8: Use Theories of Quotation


• 9: Proper Names and Description Theories of Quotation


• 10: Davidson's Theory of Quotation


• 11: Minimal Theory of Quotation


• 12: On the Nature of Quotable Items


• Bibliography