Evidence for Single-Type Semantics - An Alternative To |$e$|/|$t$|-Based Dual-Type Semantics
Evidence for Single-Type Semantics - An Alternative To |$e$|/|$t$|-Based Dual-Type Semantics
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单类型语义的证据 - 基于 |$e$|/|$t$| 的双类型语义的替代方案
DOI:
10.1093/jos/ffy009
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发表时间:
2018
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通讯作者:
Markus
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文献类型:
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作者:
Liefke;Kristina;Werning;Markus
conjectures a formal semantics for natural language (hereafter,single-type semantics) that interprets CPs and referential DPs inthe samesemantic type: properties of situations. Partee’s semantics contrasts with Montague semantics and its recent contenders (dubbeddual-ormulti-type semantics) which assume distinct basic types for the semantic values of referential DPs (i.e. individuals) and CPs (i.e. propositions, truth-values, or sets of assignment functions). Partee’s conjecture is motivated by results in event semantics and discourse representation theory, which support the indirect uni-directional shiftability between propositions and individuals. However, none of these results supports theidentityof the types for individuals and propositions. Our paper improves upon the strength and scope of Partee’s support for single-type semantics. In particular, it identifies a number of new arguments for the adoption of single-type semantics which display this semantics’ greater unificatory and explanatory power. These arguments are based on the ability of single-type semantics to provide a uniform account of the distributional similarities between DPs and CPs, to explain the truth-evaluability of DP fragments, and to capture semantic inclusion relations between CPs and referential DPs. To further support single-type semantics, we defend it against a number of objections.
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