The Semantics of Definite and Indefinite Noun Phrases |
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accommodation analysis of indefinites anaphoric pronoun anaphorically related apply assign assume assumption atomic formula b₁ b₂ Barbara Partee beats binding c-commands card number ceteris paribus clause coindexing construal component construal rules contains context coreference definite descriptions definites and indefinites deictic descriptive content Dom(F donkey sentences Egli's entails evaluation Evans example Existential Closure existential quantifier F₁ fact false falsity felicitous w.r.t. felicity conditions file cards file change potential file F free variables Geach's if-clause implicature instance intuitive John Karttunen logical form material implication means modal base modal operators molecular formula negation Novelty Condition Novelty-Familiarity-Condition nuclear scope ordering source predict presupposed presupposition Quantifier Indexing quantifying NPs referential index relevant restrictive term salience Sat F Sat(F satisfaction conditions satisfaction set Scope Constraint selection indices semantic sense sequence speaker speaker's reference subgame Suppose syntactic theory tion true truth conditions universal quantifier utterance