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THE EIGHTFOLD AMBIGUITY OF ORATIO OBLIQUA SENTENCES

THE EIGHTFOLD AMBIGUITY OF ORATIO OBLIQUA SENTENCES THE EIGHTFOLD AMBIGUITY OF ORATIO OBL/QUA SENTENCES Francesco ORILlA University of Cagliari Consider an oratio obliqua sentence of the simple form (LF) Agent R that dis F [or that d Fs], where R is a psychological verb such as "believes", d a singular term involving no psychological predicate inducing new embedded oratio obliqua, and F a predicate which for present purposes may be considered as unanalyzable. (My use of the variables Agent, R, d and F in the following can be understood by referring back to schema (LF) above.) An example is (1) Holmes believes that the leader of the London gang is about to be incriminated. Such sentences are commonly assumed to exhibit a twofold ambi­ guity in that d may occur either de re (transparently, referentially) or de dicta (opaquely). I plan to show that if we suitably unpack the way in which the de dicta/de re distinction is customarily conveyed in the context of such sentences, it will be seen that they have not just two, but at least eight readings. Although for simplicity I confine myself to the simple case (LF), what I shall present can be general­ ized in obvious ways to more complex http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Grazer Philosophische Studien Brill

THE EIGHTFOLD AMBIGUITY OF ORATIO OBLIQUA SENTENCES

Orilia, Francesco
Grazer Philosophische Studien , Volume 47 (1): 9 – Aug 12, 1994
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THE EIGHTFOLD AMBIGUITY OF ORATIO OBL/QUA SENTENCES Francesco ORILlA University of Cagliari Consider an oratio obliqua sentence of the simple form (LF) Agent R that dis F [or that d Fs], where R is a psychological verb such as "believes", d a singular term involving no psychological predicate inducing new embedded oratio obliqua, and F a predicate which for present purposes may be considered as unanalyzable. (My use of the variables Agent, R, d and F in the following can be understood by referring back to schema (LF) above.) An example is (1) Holmes believes that the leader of the London gang is about to be incriminated. Such sentences are commonly assumed to exhibit a twofold ambi­ guity in that d may occur either de re (transparently, referentially) or de dicta (opaquely). I plan to show that if we suitably unpack the way in which the de dicta/de re distinction is customarily conveyed in the context of such sentences, it will be seen that they have not just two, but at least eight readings. Although for simplicity I confine myself to the simple case (LF), what I shall present can be general­ ized in obvious ways to more complex

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