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Dynamics of meaning [electronic resource] : anaphora, presupposition, and the theory of grammar / Gennaro Chierchia.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1995.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 270 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780226104515 (electronic bk.)
  • 0226104516 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dynamics of meaning.DDC classification:
  • 401/.43 22
LOC classification:
  • P325 .C383 1995eb
Online resources:
Contents:
4 Presuppositions and Definites; Preface; I The Two Souls of Discourse Representation Theory; 2 Dynamic Binding; 3 Extensions: Reconstruction, Topicalization, and Crossover; Appendix; Notes; References; Index.
Summary: In The Dynamics of Meaning, Gennaro Chierchia tackles central issues in dynamic semantics and extends the general framework. Chapter 1 introduces the notion of dynamic semantics and discusses in detail the phenomena that have been used to motivate it, such as "donkey" sentences and adverbs of quantification. The second chapter explores in greater depth the interpretation of indefinites and issues related to presuppositions of uniqueness and the "E-type strategy." In Chapter 3, Chierchia extends the dynamic approach to the domain of syntactic theory, considering a range of e.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-262) and index.

4 Presuppositions and Definites; Preface; I The Two Souls of Discourse Representation Theory; 2 Dynamic Binding; 3 Extensions: Reconstruction, Topicalization, and Crossover; Appendix; Notes; References; Index.

In The Dynamics of Meaning, Gennaro Chierchia tackles central issues in dynamic semantics and extends the general framework. Chapter 1 introduces the notion of dynamic semantics and discusses in detail the phenomena that have been used to motivate it, such as "donkey" sentences and adverbs of quantification. The second chapter explores in greater depth the interpretation of indefinites and issues related to presuppositions of uniqueness and the "E-type strategy." In Chapter 3, Chierchia extends the dynamic approach to the domain of syntactic theory, considering a range of e.

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