Branching quantification v. two-way quantification  

Oleh:

Gierasimczuk, Nina ; Szymanik, Jakub

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Semantics (Sebagian Full Text) vol. 26 no. 4 (Nov. 2009), page 367–392.
Topik: Multiquantifier Sentences; Two-way Quantification
Fulltext: vol 26, no 4 p 367-392.pdf (392.68KB)

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We discuss the thesis formulated by Hintikka (1973) that certain natural language sentences require non-linear quantification to express their meaning. We investigate sentences with combinations of quantifiers similar to Hintikka’s examples and propose a novel alternative reading expressible by linear formulae. This interpretation is based on linguistic and logical observations.We report on our experiments showing that people tend to interpret sentences similar to Hintikka sentence in a way consistent with our interpretation.

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