NP Dependent Readings of 'different'

The Different Readings of Wieder 'Again': A Structural Account

1. The scope of this study 2. The morphology/syntax interface 3. Toward semantics and LF 4. Voice phrases and Case theory 5. Wieder and the unaccusative/unergative distinction 6. Two classes of result verbs 7. Wieder in predicative and attributive participial phrases 8. Wieder and sloppiness 9. Counterdirectional wieder? 10. Conclusion Appendix 1: Zimmermann on DowtyÕs (1979) ÒagainÓ Appendix 2...

Further Readings Further Readings

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Sentence-Internal Readings of Same / Different as Quantifier-Internal Anaphora

The main proposal is that distributive quantification temporarily makes available two discourse referents within its nuclear scope, the values of which are required by sentence-internal uses of same/different to be identical/distinct—much as their deictic uses require the values of two discourse referents to be identical/distinct. The formal account is independently motivated by quantificationa...

Introduction 2 Quantifier Dependent Readings of Anaphoric Presuppositions

Understanding Discrepancies in Vibration Amplitude Readings Between Different Instruments