[erg] semantics of "so" as in "do so"

[Emily M. Bender]

But "so" in "do so" doesn't actually stand in for the ARG2:

Kim left, and Sandy did so too.
Kim bet Pat $500 that the Giants would win, and Sandy did so too.

Emily



On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 5:42 AM, Paul Haley <paul at haleyai.com> wrote:

>  Apologies for a couple of typos below, and one clarification.
>
> It's not really important whether "so" is treated as a pronoun or do-so as
> a proto-verb but by "direct object" I meant an ARG2 in the predication for
> do_v_so corresponding to whatever "so" references or introduces or
> substitutes for.
>
>
>
> On 10/9/2013 8:34 AM, Paul Haley wrote:
>
> Hi Emily!
>
> Yes, but I'm suggest that "pro-" is "pronomial" not "proto"!-)  Generally,
> don't we want elipsis to be reflected in the semantics?  That is, in the
> "u" and "i" type variables in the MRS (or unresolved pronouns)?
>
> Shouldn't the MRS for for that doing have an argument to be resolved
> against the situational argument for the moving?  That argument would be
> "so" treated as a pronoun, which seems the proper semantics since the "so"
> actually/semantically references some event/situation, no?  That is, if
> pronomial "so" was the direct object of "do" here, I think all would be
> well.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> On 10/8/2013 9:14 PM, Emily M. Bender wrote:
>
> Hello Paul,
>
>  It looks like "do so" is being treated as a "pro-verb", and that seems
> appropriate to me.  Proverbs (like ellipsis) take their interpretation from
> context.  So this says basically that
> x6 is doing something, but what that something is needs to be resolved.
>
>  Emily
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Paul Haley <paul at haleyai.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi All,
>>
>> In the following, it seems that "so" is more of a pronoun than a
>> preposition (at least it seems "so" to me!).
>>
>> I would appreciate your thoughts on getting reasonable logic from the ERG
>> for this sentence, which is quite interesting when you also consider
>> quantification...
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you and best regards,
>> Paul
>>
>>
>
>
>  --
> Emily M. Bender
> Associate Professor
> Department of Linguistics
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