Alternatives in Montague grammar

Alternatives in Montague grammar

Alternatives in Montague grammar

Stoic Logic and Natural Term Logic

In this paper we propose a reconstruction of the theory of multiple generality in Stoic Logic using the Natural Term Logic (NTL) developped by the author in \cite{ntl}. Contrary to a frequent misconception, it can be shown conclusively, based on the available evidence, that Stoic logic was far more than a mere proposit...

Semantic Investigations of De Re Modal Logics of Terms

In this paper, by a de re modal logic of terms, we mean a set of tautologies determined by a given semantics. We present a comprehensive study of several such semantics. First, we analyse semantics with a natural interpretation of de re modal propositions. We use the Johnson–Thomason models, but reject their four a...

Games in Language

The paper deals with one but widespread natural language phenomenon: discourse anaphora. I make a bridge between three game- theoretical approaches to this phenomenon: (a) Hintikka's game- theoretical semantics (GTS); (b) Dekker and van Rooij's application of strategic games to the underspecification of anaphora; and (...

Embedded reciprocal equatives in Mandarin and semantic weakening

In this paper I present a novel observation on reciprocal equatives (henceforth, RE) in Mandarin: a reciprocal equative, when embedded under a necessity modal or a predicate of desire, gives rise to an unexpected, at-least-equal-to interpretation (henceforth, ≥-interpretation). I show that the meaning of a modal...