Branching Quantification v. Two-way Quantification
Journal of Semantics 26 (4):329-366 (2009)
| Abstract | 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. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Hintikka's thesis branching quantifiers natural language semantics meaning representation | |||||||||
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