A Proper Architecture for Presupposition and Quantification
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In this paper we present a three-dimensional architecture for the interpretation of a fragment of natural language which combines insights from presupposition theory, dynamic interpretation and the theory of generalized quantifiers. The semantics is shown to be a proper extension of a classical one, and to enable a flexible treatment of presupposition resolution along the lines of, in particular, Geurts, Kamp, and van der Sandt.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002