[lit-ideas] "King of England"
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:21:48 EST
I was reading a publication which (perhaps rather typically?) referred to
Charles as 'the future king of England', or words to that effect. I was
thinking. Literally, the monarch is 'monarch of the United Kingdom', not
England (or
Wales, or Scotland). But I was wondering if, as a matter of logic, it can be
said that, say, Elizabeth, _is_ Queen of England, since she is Queen of the
United Kingdom (and, as Gotlob Frege and other logicians would say, England
falls within the _denotation_ of United Kingdom, or 'is part of' the United
Kingdom).
I wonder if the reluctance to say that the Queen is the Queen of England is
a prejudice based on implicature or entailment?
Sorry for vague wording, but hopefully you'll get my gist,
Cheers,
JL
from the country where Evita once reigned.
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