Conjunctive interpretation of disjunction

Conjunctive interpretation of disjunction ∗

In this extended commentary I discuss the problem of how to account for “conjunctive” readings of some sentences with embedded disjunctions for globalist analyses of conversational implicatures. Following Franke (2010, 2009), I suggest that earlier proposals failed, because they did not take into account the interactive reasoning of what else the speaker could have said, and how else the hearer...

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In this extended commentary I discuss the problem of how to account for “conjunctive” readings of some sentences with embedded disjunctions for globalist analyses of conversational implicatures. Following Franke (2010, 2009), I suggest that earlier proposals failed, because they did not take into account the interactive reasoning of what else the speaker could have said, and how else the hearer...

Plurals , possibilities , and conjunctive disjunction ∗

Sentences with disjunction in the scope of a possibility modal often convey something stronger than predicted under the standard semantics for modals and disjunction, roughly paraphrasable in terms of a wide scope conjunction. You may have beer or wine, for example, is naturally understood as conveying that you may have beer and that you may have wine. This ‘puzzle of free choice permission’ (R...

Conjunctive Grammars with Restricted Disjunction

Conjunctive Abstract Interpretation Using Paramodulation

Scaling static analysis is one of the main challenges for program verification in general and for abstract interpretation in particular. One way to compactly represent a set of states is using a formula in conjunctive normal form (CNF). This can sometimes save exponential factors. Therefore, CNF formulae are commonly used in manual program verification and symbolic reasoning. However, it is not...