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Quantifiers as Individuals?<br />
John is in this room<br />
u It’s not the case: John is outside this room<br />
(i)<br />
(ii)<br />
’ John ÷ ∈ D e<br />
’ is in this room ÷ ∩ ’ is outside this room ÷ = ∅<br />
(iii) F(x) = 1 iff x ∈ F<br />
A woman is in this room<br />
^ It’s not the case: a woman is outside this room<br />
Somebody is in this room<br />
^ It’s not the case: somebody is outside this room<br />
Three people are in this room<br />
^ It’s not the case: three people are outside this room<br />
Intuitively invalid, but could be derived if the DPs were of type e!<br />
03.06.20<strong>08</strong> Slides based on semantics textbook from I. Heim & A. Kratzer<br />
and lecture notes from M. Krifka<br />
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