Alex Lascarides’ Solution to the Imperfective Paradox
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3 An Introduction to IQ 3 3.1 The Homogeneity Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.2 Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.3 Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.4 Semantics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.5 An Example IQ Derivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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