interpreting questions with non exhaustive answers adissertation presented by yimei xiang to the department of linguistics in partial fulllment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in ...
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...Interpreting questions with non exhaustive answers adissertation presented by yimei xiang to the department of linguistics in partial fulllment requirements for degree doctor philosophy subject harvard university cambridge massachusetts may yimeixiang all rights reserved iii dissertation advisor prof gennaro chierchia abstract this investigates semantics a focus on phenomena that challenge standard views related core issues as well those are technically difcult capture under compositional it begins re examining several fundamental such what question denotes how is composed and wh item then tackles complex structures including mention some multi quantiers also explores popular variations exhaustivity sensitivity false quanticational variability effects chapterdiscussessomefundamentalissuesonquestionsemantics ipursueahybridcategorial approach dene roots topical properties which can supply propositional nominal short but different from traditional categorial approaches i treat items exist...