{"title":"Fine-grained yet flat: on the usefulness of dynamic representations for questions","authors":"Émile Enguehard","doi":"10.1515/tl-2023-2006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2023-2006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46148,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical Linguistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135145757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Which answer resolves which reading of which question?","authors":"Yasutada Sudo","doi":"10.1515/tl-2023-2008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2023-2008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46148,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical Linguistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135145772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uniqueness requirements of <i>wh</i>-questions in discourse","authors":"Haoze Li","doi":"10.1515/tl-2023-2007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2023-2007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46148,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical Linguistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135145624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract This target article presents a type-theoretic dynamic inquisitive semantics framework, extending the first-order system presented in (Dotlačil, Jakub & Floris Roelofsen. 2019. Dynamic inquisitive semantics: Anaphora and questions. Sinn und Bedeutung 23. 365–382). Within this framework, we develop a compositional treatment of wh-questions whose basic premise is that a wh-phrase introduces a discourse referent u , just like non-interrogative indefinites do, and requires the presence of an operator in the left periphery of the clause which requests a witness for u , i.e., it raises an issue whose resolution requires identifying at least one individual that has all the properties ascribed to u . In previous work, it has been argued that a dynamic semantic analysis of questions is needed to account for anaphora with wh-antecedents and for certain kinds of intervention effects (Haida, Andreas. 2007. The indefiniteness and focusing of wh-words . Berlin: Humboldt University PhD thesis). Here, we further develop the general approach and argue that it has several additional benefits. Namely, it allows for a uniform treatment of single-wh and multiple-wh questions, it derives mention-some and mention-all readings in a principled way, as well as an often neglected partial mention-some reading in multiple-wh questions, it can capture certain constraints on the availability of mention-some readings, and the effects of number marking on which -phrases across single-wh and multiple-wh questions.
本文提出了一种类型论的动态探究语义框架，扩展了(dotla， Jakub &弗洛里斯·罗洛森2019年。动态探究式语义:回指和疑问句。Sinn and Bedeutung 23。365 - 382)。在这个框架内，我们开发了一种对wh疑问句的组合处理方法，其基本前提是wh短语引入了一个话语所指u，就像非疑问不定一样，并且要求在为u请求证人的子句的左边缘存在一个操作符，也就是说，它提出了一个问题，其解决需要识别至少一个具有所有属性的个体归属于u。在以前的工作中，有人认为需要对问题进行动态语义分析，以解释带有wh先行词的回指和某些类型的干预效应(Haida, Andreas. 2007)。“wh”字的不确定性和聚焦性。柏林:洪堡大学博士论文)。在这里，我们进一步发展一般方法，并认为它有几个额外的好处。也就是说，它允许统一处理单个“wh”和多个“wh”问题，它以一种有原则的方式推导出“部分提及”和“全部提及”的阅读，以及在多个“wh”问题中经常被忽视的部分“部分提及”阅读，它可以捕捉到关于“部分提及”阅读可用性的某些限制，以及在单个“wh”和多个“wh”问题中数字标记对“which”短语的影响。
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Abstract Subregular linguistics is a fairly new approach that seeks a deeper understanding of language by combining the rigor of formal grammar with the empirical sophistication of theoretical linguistics. The approach started in phonology but has since branched out to morphology and even syntax, unearthing unexpected parallels between these three domains of language. In this paper, I argue based on these results that subregular linguistics has a lot to offer to both fields. Subregular linguistics may be the ideal conduit for knowledge transfer between these two communities.
{"title":"Subregular linguistics: bridging theoretical linguistics and formal grammar","authors":"T. Graf","doi":"10.1515/tl-2022-2037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/tl-2022-2037","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Subregular linguistics is a fairly new approach that seeks a deeper understanding of language by combining the rigor of formal grammar with the empirical sophistication of theoretical linguistics. The approach started in phonology but has since branched out to morphology and even syntax, unearthing unexpected parallels between these three domains of language. In this paper, I argue based on these results that subregular linguistics has a lot to offer to both fields. Subregular linguistics may be the ideal conduit for knowledge transfer between these two communities.","PeriodicalId":46148,"journal":{"name":"Theoretical Linguistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41887871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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