Semantics 1
June 12, 2012
Gerhard J¨ager
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QR to PP
(1) No student from a foreign country was admitted.
inverse linking reading:
λs.∃x(country’(s, x)∧foreign’(s, x)∧ ¬∃y(student’(s, y)∧ from’(s, y, x)∧admitted’(s, y)))
more plausible reading:
λs.¬∃y(student’(s, y)∧ ∃x(country’(s, y)∧foreign’(s, y)∧ from’(s, y, x))∧admitted’(s, y))
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QR to PP
Quantifier Raising to PP
transformation rule “Quantifier Raising”:
1 replace theN P-nodeαof a generalized quantifier byN Pi 2 replace someP P-nodeβ that dominatesαin S-structure by the
configuration[P P αi β]
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Quantifiers
Quantifier Raising interpretation of LF
If[P P1N Pi P P2]is a configuration that results from Quantifier Raising:
kP P1k=λP λxλs.P(s, x)∧ kN Pik(s, λxiλs.kP Pk(x, λxλs.⊤))
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