The Semantics of Definite and Indefinite Noun Phrases |
Contents
DEFINITENESS IN FILE CHANGE SEMANTICS | 1 |
The Behavior of Indefinites with Respect | 5 |
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analysis of indefinites analyzed anaphoric pronoun anaphorically related apply assigned assume assumption Athens atomic formula binding c-commands coindexing construal component construal rules contains context coreference definite descriptions deictic Dom(F donkey sentences E-type pronouns entail evaluation Evans example Existential Closure existential quantifier F₁ fact false Falsifier felicity conditions file cards file change potential file F free variables grammar if-clause implicature indefinite antecedent indefinite NP instance intuitive John Karttunen Lewis logical form material implication means modal operators molecular formula negation notion Novelty Condition Novelty-Familiarity-Condition nuclear scope ordering source Parsons permanent discourse referent possible worlds pragmatic predict presupposed presupposition Quantifier Indexing quantifying NPs referential index relative clause relevant restrictive term Russell's salience Sat F Sat(F satisfaction conditions satisfaction set Scope Constraint selection indices sense sequence speaker speaker's reference subgame syntactic theory tion true truth conditions uniqueness universal quantifier utterance Verifier