4 Presuppositions and Definites; Preface; I The Two Souls of Discourse Representation Theory; 2 Dynamic Binding; 3 Extensions: Reconstruction, Topicalization, and Crossover; Appendix; Notes; References; Index
Summary
In The Dynamics of Meaning, Gennaro Chierchia tackles central issues in dynamic semantics and extends the general framework. Chapter 1 introduces the notion of dynamic semantics and discusses in detail the phenomena that have been used to motivate it, such as "donkey" sentences and adverbs of quantification. The second chapter explores in greater depth the interpretation of indefinites and issues related to presuppositions of uniqueness and the "E-type strategy." In Chapter 3, Chierchia extends the dynamic approach to the domain of syntactic theory, considering a range of e
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-262) and index
