Zweig, E. (2007) When the donkey lost its fleas: Persistence, minimal situations, and embedded quantifiers. Natural Language Semantics, 14 (4). pp. 283-296. ISSN 0925-854X
Abstract
This paper revisits the question of whether propositions in situation semantics must be persistent [Kratzer (1989). Linguistics and Philosophy, 12, 607–653]. It shows that ignoring persistence causes empirical problems for theories which use quantification over minimal situations as a solution for donkey anaphora [Elbourne (2005). Situations and individuals. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press]. At the same time, modifying these theories to incorporate persistence makes them incompatible with the use of situations for contextual restriction [Kratzer (2004). Ms., University of Massachusetts].
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Language and Linguistic Science (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2009 10:24 |
Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2009 10:24 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11050-006-9003-6 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11050-006-9003-6 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:7062 |