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. Semantics
()
⎡
⎤
|| 1
2 ⊕ 3
4 ⊕ 5
⎡ [ ] ⎤
1 0
⎡
⎤
0
⟨
⟩
6
2
handle
⎢⎣
⎥⎦
udef-rel
⟨ ⎡ ⎤
6 ⟩
4
⎢⎣ ⎢⎣
7
⎥⎦ ⎥⎦
qeq
⎡
[ ] ⎤
0
||
7
⟨ ⎡ ⎤ ⎤
7
7 ⟩
3
⎢⎣
0
⎥⎦
⎡⎢⎣
, 0
⎥⎦
tired squirrel
⎢⎣
⎢⎣
⎥⎦
5 ⟨⟩
⎥⎦
e semantic content of the determiner is introduced constructionally in . It constist
of the relation udef-rel ′ , which is a placeholder for the quantifier that corresponds
to some or every in the case of overt determiners. e and values that are
introduced constructionally ( 2 and 4 ) are concatenated with the and values
of the daughters ( 3 and 5 ).
e Semantics Principle can now be specified as follows:
Principle (Semantics Principle) e main semantic contribution of a phrase is identical
to the value of |. e value is the concatenation of the value in
and the concatenation of the values of the daughters. e value is the
concatenation of the value in and the concatenation of the values of
the daughters.
.. Decomposition in Syntax vs. Underspecification
An interesting application of the underspecification of scope constraints is the treatment
of the ambiguity of (a).
()
a. dass Max alle Fenster aufmachte
that Max all windows opened
‘that Max opened all windows’
b. ∀ x (window(x) → CAUSE(max, open(x)))
Dra of October , , :