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Referential conventions as compromise

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This chapter explores reference in the case of oronyms, that is, proper nouns which designate portions of mountainous relief. As a linguistic function, reference binds a linguistic sign to an extra-linguistic entity. How is this function initiated and how does it operate? I argue that oronyms create referents, the geographical objects speakers create by naming a portion of the relief. Likewise, humans can cognitively divide a spatial continuum to comprehend it better. Oronyms emerge from the naming process I call “toponymation”. They design (create) and designate (name) a referent which has fleeting contours and is thus difficult to retrieve. I explore oronyms in a corpus of alpine travel narratives to identify what criteria are necessary to reach towards what I call “referential efficiency”.
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hal-03936081 , version 1 (12-01-2023)

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Samia Ounoughi. Referential conventions as compromise: The case of oronyms. Reference: From conventions to pragmatics, 228, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp.233-248, 2023, Studies in Language Companion Series, ⟨10.1075/slcs.228.12oun⟩. ⟨hal-03936081⟩

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