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15 - Sharing Fictional Names

from Part II - Files and Roles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2026

Andreas Stokke
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Uppsala University
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In the last chapter I defended the name-centric metasemantics according to which fictional names mean what they do by virtue of chains of use reaching back to their introduction by authors telling fictional stories. In this chapter we will see how the account of fictional names I have laid out in Part II of this book directly implements this metasemantics. Further, I show how we can also understand the way authors sometimes use extant fictional names to tell new stories.

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  • Sharing Fictional Names
  • Andreas Stokke, Uppsala University
  • Book: The Language and Dynamics of Fiction
  • Online publication: 18 September 2026
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009680127.017
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  • Sharing Fictional Names
  • Andreas Stokke, Uppsala University
  • Book: The Language and Dynamics of Fiction
  • Online publication: 18 September 2026
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009680127.017
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  • Sharing Fictional Names
  • Andreas Stokke, Uppsala University
  • Book: The Language and Dynamics of Fiction
  • Online publication: 18 September 2026
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009680127.017
Available formats
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