In a message dated 6/27/2012 6:33:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rpaul@xxxxxxxx writes: (My mail has been set to block any messages containing the word --- Whatever Witters says about naming, etc. it may be best to refer to 'refer', rather. i.e. "I" may not be name, as we may agree, but "I" is still a "referential expression". It's 'refer' and 'predicate' what utterances (or utterers) do. I should examine this more carefully. Meanwhile, thanks to R. Paul for further quotes by L. W. -- etc. Cheers, Speranza ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html