Weak readings of indefinites

Type-shifting and closure

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20344381
AutoresHenriette De Swart (autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen18
Número1
Fecha de publicación2001-01-14
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Linguistic Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676
EditorialWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/tlir.18.1.69
OpenAlexW2021954924
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13

The starting point of our investigation is the assumption that weak indefinite NPs have a well-formed denotation of type 〈e, t〉. This paper explores the consequences of this flexible type-theoretic approach at the compositional level. Some expressions (e.g., predicative be) select for arguments of type 〈e, t〉. The combination of predicative NPs with stage-level predicates and other expressions which do not necessarily select for arguments of type 〈e, t〉 creates a type mismatch which can be solved by defining modes of composition other than function application. These closure operations are argued to be lexicalized in light verbs like have and intensional verbs like seek. They are grammaticalized in the existential there construction

Epistemology · Existentialism · Geometry · Linguistics · Predicative expression · Pure mathematics · Semiotics · Type theory · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation