Justyna Grudzinska: Generalized Quantifiers on Dependent Types: A System for Anaphora
Time: Wed 2014-04-09 10.00 - 11.45
Location: Room 16, building 5, Kräftriket, Department of mathematics, Stockholm university
Participating: Justyna Grudzinska, Warsaw
We propose a system for the interpretation of anaphoric relationships between unbound pronouns and quantifiers. The main technical contribution of our proposal consists in combining generalized quantifiers with dependent types. Empirically, our system allows a uniform treatment of all types of unbound anaphora, including the notoriously difficult cases such as quanti ficational subordination, cumulative and branching continuations, and 'donkey anaphora'. [This is joint work with Marek Zawadowski.]