I am using the phrase to refer to the distinction between 'discourse about X' and 'X-discourse', rather than the more limited technical sense given to it in the

I am using the phrase to refer to the distinction between 'discourse about X' and 'X-discourse', rather than the more limited technical sense given to it in the Wikipedia. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is the better reference: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/quotation/ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/quotation/. More inclusive uses of the phrase 'use-mention distinction' are not uncommon. See, for instance, this entry on the use-mention distinction and political correctness in the Language Log: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005349.html http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005349.h... The Language Log concludes, "In sum, failure to distinguish between uses and mentions poses a danger to freedom of speech and rational enquiry as well as the danger of falsely accusing and condemning innocent people." The sense of the use-mention distinction appearing here refers not only to individually mentioned words, but phrases, sentences, paragraphs and entire bodies of discourse.