Continuation semantics for multi-quantifier sentences: operation-based approaches

DOI10.3233/FI-2019-1771zbMATH Open1435.03053arXiv1608.00255OpenAlexW2963307968MaRDI QIDQ5377338FDOQ5377338

Authors: Justyna Grudzińska, Marek Zawadowski 

Publication date: 24 May 2019

Published in: Fundamenta Informaticae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Classical scope-assignment strategies for multi-quantifier sentences involve quantifier phrase (QP)-movement. More recent continuation-based approaches provide a compelling alternative, for they interpret QP's in situ - without resorting to Logical Forms or any structures beyond the overt syntax. The continuation-based strategies can be divided into two groups: those that locate the source of scope-ambiguity in the rules of semantic composition and those that attribute it to the lexical entries for the quantifier words. In this paper, we focus on the former operation-based approaches and the nature of the semantic operations involved. More specifically, we discuss three such possible operation-based strategies for multi-quantifier sentences, together with their relative merits and costs.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.00255

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zbMATH Keywords

quantificationcontinuationscope ambiguity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logic of natural languages (03B65)

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