Squiggly Issues: Alternative Sets, Complex DPs, and Intensionality

Authors

  • Arndt Riester Institute for Natural Language Processing (IMS), University of Stuttgart Author
  • Hans Kamp Institute for Natural Language Processing (IMS), University of Stuttgart, Department of Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin Author

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate a number of long-standing issues in connection with (i) focus interpretation and its interrelation with com plex definite descriptions, and (ii) the intensional properties of sentences with focus constituents. We revitalize the use of Rooth’s (1992) ∼ operator, clarify its definition as an anaphoric operator, discuss the principles that govern its placement in logical forms and show how it can be succesfully employed to replace the notion of Krifka’s (2006) focus phrases. Finally, we argue that a proper view of the intensional dimension of retrieving the antecedent sets required by the operator can account for problems relating to the intensionality of sentences with focus sensitive operators that are discussed by Beaver & Clark (2008).

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Published

2009-12-01

Issue

2009: Proceedings of the 17th Amsterdam Colloquium

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Conference Proceedings

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How to Cite

Riester, A., & Kamp, H. (2009). Squiggly Issues: Alternative Sets, Complex DPs, and Intensionality. Proceedings of the Amsterdam Colloquium, 355-364. https://platform.openjournals.nl/PAC/article/view/22615