John, List, Regarding: JAS > Drawing attention to something actual is denoting that Object, which > is the function of an Index (EP 2:306-307; 1904); and a Rheme > obviously can be an Index, so it is false that a Rheme "can refer only > to possible objects."
No. A rheme is never an index. I prefer terms like Rhematic in order to underscore that it always is about sign aspects, and if those terms are used pars pro toto, I always take them as a short hand for a sign aspect complex that is left indefinite as to its constituents. Although a rheme cannot perform an indexical function, we may single out an indexical, rhematical legisign. When we think of a composite sentence like "there is a cow". 'there' is the replica index and 'a cow' the symbolical, rhematic legisign of the compound forged by the copula. I don't see any harm in distinguishing an index as a possible, without actual indexical function and an index in actu. Kind regards, Auke
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