Traditional approaches to quantifier scope typically need stipulation to exclude readings that are unavailable to human understanders. This paper shows that quantifier scope phenomena can be precisely characterized by a semantic representation constrained by surhce constituency, if the distinction between referential and quantificational NPs is properly observed. A CCG implementation is describ...

We designed concert scope headphones that are equipped with a projector, an inclination sensor on the top of the headphones, and a distance sensor on the outside right headphone. We previously developed sound scope headphones that enable users to change the sound mixing depending on their head direction. However, the system could not handle images. In contrast, our headphones let the user liste...

We study the formal language theory of multistack pushdown automata (Mpa) restricted to computations where a symbol can be popped from a stack S only if it was pushed within a bounded number of contexts of S (scoped Mpa). We show that scoped Mpa are indeed a robust model of computation, by focusing on the corresponding theory of visibly Mpa (Mvpa). We prove the equivalence of the deterministic ...

This paper describes an interpretation of scope based on the past few years of research on the subject. Based on this it defines two mathematical operators for scope filtering which correspond to common use cases for scope.

It is common for placenames to reference other named entities (e.g., names of people, names of organizations, etc.) and to be used as vocabulary words (e.g., city of Split). Apart from reference ambiguity, placenames are faced with the problem of referent ambiguity (i.e., a placename referring to multiple places). Many places are also referred to by multiple names (e.g., Netherlands vs. Holland...