Abstract
The concern is with titles, and what they are entitled to do and be. The chapters that make up the thesis are about categories of titles, and so the continuity between chapters is one of theme. Chapter One proposes a point of departure for the descriptive title, namely, reference. What follows is discussion of two types of descriptive title, the economy of description, and some of the difficulties artists have faced in giving titles to their creations. Chapter Two discusses six senses of description, and Chapter Three draws out one of the former six for further consideration. The concluding chapter is again about categories, but this time the categories are ones of medium, words and images.