Weak familiarity and anaphoric accessibility in dynamic semantics

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

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Abstract

The accessibility constraints imposed on anaphora by dynamic theories of discourse are too strong because they rule out many perfectly felicitous cases. Several attempts have been made by previous authors to rectify this situation using various tactics. This paper proposes a more viable approach that involves replacing Heim's notion of familiarity with a generalized variant due to Roberts. This approach is formalized in hyperintensional dynamic semantics, and a fragment is laid out that successfully deals with some problematic examples.