Full Idea
Any thesis about reference is also going to be a thesis about what there is in existence to refer to.
Gist of Idea
Any thesis about reference is also a thesis about what exists to be referred to
Source
David E. Cooper (Philosophy and the Nature of Language [1973], §4)
Book Reference
Cooper,David E.: 'Philosophy and the Nature of Language' [Longman 1979], p.70
A Reaction
I see the point, but we must not put the cart before the horse. I may have an intuition that something exists, but not know how to refer to it (because of my small vocabulary).