Partial plurality inferences of plural pronouns and dynamic pragmatic enrichment

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Publication date 2023
Journal Proceedings from Semantics and Linguistic Theory
Event 33rd Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference
Volume | Issue number 33
Pages (from-to) 151-171
Number of pages 21
Organisations
  • Interfacultary Research - Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)
Abstract
I explore the semantics/pragmatics of plural pronouns by discussing the partial plurality inference that arises under quantificational subordination. I propose an anti-presupposition account coupled with Sudo’s (2023) dynamic implicature approach to plurality inferences based on plural information states, i.e. sets of variable assignments (van den Berg 1996). I further discuss the implications of the proposed analysis to the locality of anti-presupposition calculation and difference between animate instances and inanimate instances of plural pronouns in English.
Document type Article
Note Proceedings of the 33rd Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference, held at Yale University, May 12–14, 2023
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.3765/xs4db950
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