[developers] Tests for scopal v. non-scopal arguments

[Emily M. Bender]

Many thanks, Ann!

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Ann Copestake <aac10 at cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> the classic paper is Thomason and Stalnaker 1973
>
> http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4177764.pdf
>
> This gives various tests.  It seems that they classify `usually' with
> `probably' but that they don't discuss it specifically.
> I don't know whether there's an updated version with neo-Davidsonian
> events.  Landman, perhaps?  Kamp and Reyle?
> I can look on Wednesday.
>
> All best,
>
> Ann
>
>
> On 17/10/2016 20:43, Emily M. Bender wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Following a conversation with Dan and Stephan, I'm trying to find tests
> to distinguish scopal v. non-scopal adverbs.  We thought that "probably"
> and "quickly" constitute clear cases of each type ("Every student probably
> left" / "Every student quickly left") but we weren't sure how to classify
> "already" and "usually", and didn't know what tests to apply.
>
> I've tried poking around in Google scholar, but am finding myself stymied
> by the fact that people tend to use the word "scope" to describe simple
> functor-argument relations (especially when it comes to adverbs, it seems),
> and so I thought I'd try asking on-list.   Does anyone know of relevant
> work on this question?
>
> Thanks,
> Emily
>
>
>
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> Emily M. Bender
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>
>


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