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2.2 A presuppositional analysis of mix quotesGeurts and Maier (2003)(13) George said that Tony “misunderestimates me”≈ George said that Tony has the property he refers to as ‘misunderestimatesme’• mixed quotation triggers a presupposition– presupposition: George used the expression ‘misunderestimatesme’ to express some property– assertion: George says that Tony has that property• <strong>for</strong>malization:– presupposition framework: DRT+PA∗ construction stage: G couples <strong>for</strong>ms with PrelDRSs(L = PrelDRS language (with types, lambdas, and (unresolved/insitu) presuppositions)∗ resolution stage: context DRS ⊕ PrelDRS → output DRS– ternary relation express∗ express(x, 〈misunderestimates me . . .〉, X)≈ x uses string misunderestimates me to refer to X• (Geurts and Maier 2003; Maier 2008, 2009:cf.)Mixed quotation• add composition rule (mixed quotation): 1⎡〈“ ∩ σ ∩ ⎢”, ⎣XXexpress(y, 〈σ, ϕ, τ〉, X)⎤〉⎥⎦ , τ〈σ, ϕ, τ〉Example• stage 1: construction 231 Here, double quotes denote mixed quotation, single quotes denote pure quotation.Dashed boxes denote presuppositions (van der Sandt 1992)2 G-triples now represented vertically, with round instead of angled brackets3 The y in express(y〈. . .〉 . . .) should really be a presupposition as well6
0B@say(George said that Tony “misunderestimates me”X(x)xXtony(x) express(y, 〈misunderestimates me〉, X)ygeorge(y)t)(y)1CAGeorge0B@say(said that Tony “misunderestimates me”X(x)xXtony(x) express(y, 〈misunderestimates me〉, X)et)1CAsay0264B@xtony(x)Tony “misunderestimates me”X(x)Xexpress(y, 〈misunderestimates me . . .〉, X)t3751CA0264B@Tonyxxtony(x)e3751CA0264B@“misunderestimates me”XXexpress(y, 〈misunderestimates me, ∅, et〉, X)et0misunderestimates me1@∅Aet3750@misunderestimates∅eet1A0@meie1A• stage 2: resolution7
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