Quoting Nothing

This paper argues that the practice of employing bare pairs of quotation marks to represent the empty string in formal linguistics and computer science is well-founded in the implicit conventions governing the use of quotation marks in natural language. In the framework of the Inscriptional Theor...

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Published in:JoLMA
Main Author: Pavone, Luigi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2024-12-01
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Online Access:http://doi.org/10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2024/03/004