EXH passes on alternatives: a comment on Fox and Spector (2018)

IF 0.9 1区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Natural Language Semantics Pub Date : 2019-01-22 DOI:10.1007/s11050-019-9149-7

Nadine Bade, Konstantin Sachs

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Abstract

Fox and Spector (Nat Lang Semant 26:1–50, 2018) use multiple instances of the exhaustivity operator EXH to derive the correct meaning of utterances that include pitch-focus marked disjunction in downward-entailing environments. They argue that the \(\sim \) operator evaluates alternatives to be used by EXH. Though the method is sound and gets the right result, we argue that the way in which EXH would need to interact with other instances of EXH, as well as other focus-sensitive elements, is at odds with how EXH is used to explain other phenomena. Specifically, the analysis in Fox and Spector (2018) predicts intervention effects for cases where EXH interacts with other focus-sensitive elements. This is problematic for many cases in which EXH is used to derive the desired inferences. We propose a different way of focus association for EXH that would work for the approach introduced in Fox and Spector (2018) as well as elsewhere. In addition, our account does not require a covert element to be focused.

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EXH 传递替代品：对福克斯和斯佩克特（2018）的评论

Fox 和 Spector（Nat Lang Semant 26:1-50，2018）使用穷竭性算子 EXH 的多个实例，推导出在向下义环境中包含音高焦点标记的析取语的正确意义。他们认为，（\sim \）算子评估了 EXH 将使用的替代方案。虽然这种方法是合理的，也得到了正确的结果，但我们认为，EXH需要与EXH的其他实例以及其他焦点敏感元素相互作用的方式，与EXH用来解释其他现象的方式是不一致的。具体来说，Fox和Spector（2018）的分析预测了EXH与其他焦点敏感元素相互作用时的干预效果。这对于许多使用 EXH 得出预期推论的情况来说是有问题的。我们为 EXH 提出了一种不同的焦点关联方式，这种方式适用于 Fox 和 Spector（2018）以及其他地方介绍的方法。此外，我们的解释并不要求隐蔽元素被聚焦。

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Natural Language Semantics Multiple-

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