Reciprocity: Anaphora, scope, and quantification

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI:10.3765/sp.13.10

D. Haug, M. Dalrymple

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Abstract

We present a relational analysis of reciprocity in the setting of Plural Partial Compositional Discourse Representation Theory, combining ideas from Plural Compositional DRT and Partial Compositional DRT. Our analysis accounts for a wide range of data that are problematic for proposals involving quantification over individuals and for relational analyses relying on cumulative operators on predicates. We also provide an account of apparent “scope” ambiguities and long-distance readings which have been a focus of attention for quantificational analyses, but have not been adequately addressed by previous relational analyses. Our Partial Plural CDRT analysis also enables us to address other issues in the semantics of reciprocity. First, we provide a simple account of reciprocals with quantificational antecedents, whose analysis has been problematic for previous accounts. Second, it has often been noted that the meaning contribution of the reciprocal varies in strength, with some examples requiring the reciprocal relation to hold between every member of the relevant group, while others allow for a weaker relation. We explore an approach to this problem in our Partial Plural CDRT setting. EARLY ACCESS

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互惠:回指、范围和量化

本文结合多成分DRT和部分成分DRT的思想，在多成分-部分成分语篇表征理论的背景下，对互易性进行了关系分析。我们的分析考虑了广泛的数据，这些数据对于涉及个体量化的提案和依赖谓词上累积运算符的关系分析来说都是有问题的。我们还对明显的“范围”模糊性和远距离阅读进行了说明，这一直是定量分析关注的焦点，但以前的关系分析没有充分解决。我们的偏复数CDRT分析也使我们能够解决互惠语义中的其他问题。首先，我们提供了一个具有定量前因的往复运动的简单描述，其分析在以前的描述中是有问题的。其次，人们经常注意到，互惠的意义贡献在强度上有所不同，一些例子要求互惠关系在相关群体的每个成员之间保持，而另一些例子则允许较弱的关系。我们在我们的部分复数CDRT设置中探索解决这个问题的方法。早期访问

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.