Open AccessQuantifier domain restriction as ellipsis
Author(s) -
Chris Collins
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
glossa a journal of general linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2397-1835
DOI - 10.5334/gjgl.496
Subject(s) - quantifier (linguistics) , ellipsis (linguistics) , scope (computer science) , linguistics , domain (mathematical analysis) , computer science , inverse , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , mathematics , philosophy , programming language , mathematical analysis
In this paper I argue that in certain cases quantifier domain restriction is due to a process of syntactic ellipsis. I give evidence for this analysis from inverse scope phenomena. I respond to Stanley and Szabo’s arguments against a syntactic ellipsis approach. Furthermore, I show how their own semantic proposal fails to capture the inverse scope facts.
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