Simon Charlow
Biographic Data
| ID | 1610110 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Charlow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Charlow |
| SIGNATURE | CHARLOW S |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1088-2612 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Static and dynamic exceptional scope
This paper proposes a formal account of indefinites’ exceptional quantificational and binding scope properties—static and dynamic exceptional scope. I show how minimal dynamic extensions of tools independently motivated and widely used for questions and indefiniteness offer a unified explanation of indefinites’ multifaceted exceptional scope behavior. The account improves on existing static and dynamic theories of indefiniteness, and predicts a w…
Closure and Alternatives
This remark considers the interaction of Alternative Semantics (AS) with various binding operations-centrally, Predicate Abstraction (PA) and ∃-closure; less centrally, intensionalization. Contra Griffiths's (2019) theory of ellipsis, I argue that it is technically problematic to appeal to the inherent incompatibility of PA and AS, while assuming the compatibility of ∃-closure and AS. I show that the formal pressures that characterize the interac…
Where is the destructive update problem
I critically examine several objections to ‘destructive update’ of assignment functions in dynamic theories of anaphora, using a modular compositional treatment of the static/dynamic divide to highlight what static and dynamic approaches to assignment functions have in common, and how they differ. EARLY ACCESS
Bound 'de re' pronouns and the LFs of attitude reports
An empirical argument is given in support of Percus & Sauerland's (2003) theory of 'de re' ascription, according to which the internal argument of "believe" is a function from concept-generators to propositions. The argument concerns pronouns in the scope of attitude verbs that are interpreted both 'de re' and as bound variables. It is argued that more traditional theories of 'de re' ascription --- specifically, theories that take the 'res' to be…
Stochastic time analysis of syllable-referential intervals and simplex onsets
Stochastic time analysis of syllable-referential intervals and simplex onsets
Closure and Alternatives
This remark considers the interaction of Alternative Semantics (AS) with various binding operations-centrally, Predicate Abstraction (PA) and ∃-closure; less centrally, intensionalization. Contra Griffiths's (2019) theory of ellipsis, I argue that it is technically problematic to appeal to the inherent incompatibility of PA and AS, while assuming the compatibility of ∃-closure and AS. I show that the formal pressures that characterize the interac…
Bound 'de re' pronouns and the LFs of attitude reports
An empirical argument is given in support of Percus & Sauerland's (2003) theory of 'de re' ascription, according to which the internal argument of "believe" is a function from concept-generators to propositions. The argument concerns pronouns in the scope of attitude verbs that are interpreted both 'de re' and as bound variables. It is argued that more traditional theories of 'de re' ascription --- specifically, theories that take the 'res' to be…
Stochastic time analysis of syllable-referential intervals and simplex onsets
Where is the destructive update problem
I critically examine several objections to ‘destructive update’ of assignment functions in dynamic theories of anaphora, using a modular compositional treatment of the static/dynamic divide to highlight what static and dynamic approaches to assignment functions have in common, and how they differ. EARLY ACCESS
Closure and Alternatives
This remark considers the interaction of Alternative Semantics (AS) with various binding operations-centrally, Predicate Abstraction (PA) and ∃-closure; less centrally, intensionalization. Contra Griffiths's (2019) theory of ellipsis, I argue that it is technically problematic to appeal to the inherent incompatibility of PA and AS, while assuming the compatibility of ∃-closure and AS. I show that the formal pressures that characterize the interac…
Static and dynamic exceptional scope
This paper proposes a formal account of indefinites’ exceptional quantificational and binding scope properties—static and dynamic exceptional scope. I show how minimal dynamic extensions of tools independently motivated and widely used for questions and indefiniteness offer a unified explanation of indefinites’ multifaceted exceptional scope behavior. The account improves on existing static and dynamic theories of indefiniteness, and predicts a w…
Computer Science (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Natural language processing (2 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Advanced Algebra and Logic (1 works) · Algorithm (1 works)