Hyperintensional dynamic semantics: analyzing definiteness with enriched contexts

Authors:
Scott Martin;Carl Pollard
Affiliations:
Department of Linguistics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH;Department of Linguistics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Venue:
FG'10/FG'11 Proceedings of the 15th and 16th international conference on Formal Grammar
Year:
2010

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Abstract

We present a dynamic semantic theory formalized in higher order logic that synthesizes aspects of de Groote's continuation-based dynamics and Pollard's hyperintensional semantics. In this theory, we rely on an enriched notion of discourse context inspired by the work of Heim and Roberts. We show how to use this enriched context to improve on de Groote's treatment of English definite anaphora by modeling it as presupposition fulfillment.