Dynamic pragmatics of
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The paper presents a novel existential account of the additive particle too. The analysis is based on a combination of compositional DPLstyle dynamic semantics and pragmatic reasoning. The existential presupposition is formalised in a dynamic semantics for too, while pragmatic principles control for correct resolution of the parallel reference made. The main empirical challenge addressed in the paper is the case termed world knowledge inference, when too is felicitous in the absense of suitable antecedents in the context. The combination of dynamic semantics for too and pragmatic reasoning provides coverage for such cases, which is a broader range of data than the current anaphoric approaches can deal with. The work appeals to the notion of mental representations of individuals — a twist on the familiar discourse referents.
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