Latest documents http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/index/index/ Tue, 26 May 2009 17:34:31 +0200 Tue, 26 May 2009 17:34:31 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/12001 Uli Sauerland; Arnim von Stechow article http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/12001 Tue, 26 May 2009 17:34:31 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11999 In German, prosody interacts with quantifier scope. We investigate this interaction in inverse linking constructions. We present evidence from elicited production of linguistically naive speakers supporting the following two claims: 1) There are two kinds of inverse linking constructions of which only the prepositional type requires a marked intonation contour for inverse scope. 2) In the prepositional construction, a double focus contour is employed with inverse scope rather that a topic-focus (rise-fall) contour as previously assumed (Krifka 1998). Uli Sauerland; Oliver Bott article http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11999 Tue, 26 May 2009 17:14:00 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11866 Uli Sauerland preprint http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11866 Tue, 05 May 2009 13:17:19 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11865 Uli Sauerland other http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11865 Tue, 05 May 2009 13:13:58 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11864 Uli Sauerland article http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11864 Tue, 05 May 2009 12:40:10 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11863 Uli Sauerland bookpart http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11863 Tue, 05 May 2009 12:36:29 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11862 Uli Sauerland article http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11862 Tue, 05 May 2009 12:26:21 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11861 This thesis investigates the mechanisms applying in the interpretation of syntactic chains. The theoretical background includes a translation of syntactic forms into semantic forms and a model theoretic explication of the meaning of semantic forms. Simplicity considerations apply to all three stages of the interpretation process: syntactic derivation, translation into semantic forms, interpretation of semantic forms. Three main results are achieved. The first is that trace positions can have semantic content beyond what is needed for the semantic dependency of trace and binder. This extra content is some or all of the lexical material of the head of the chain, as expected on the copy theory of movement. Two independent arguments support this conclusion. One, discussed in chapter 2, is based on the distribution of Condition C effects, where novel interactions between variable binding, antecedent contained deletion and Condition C are observed. The second, developed in chapter 3, is based on conditions on the identity of traces observed in antecedent contained deletion constructions. Both arguments lead to the same generalizations about what lexical material of the head is interpreted in the trace position. The second main result is that lambda calculus is superior to both standard predicate logic and combinatorial logic as the mathematical model for the semantic mechanism mediating the dependency of trace (or bound pronoun) and binder. Chapter 4 argues this on the basis of the distribution of focus and destressing in constructions with bound pronouns. The third main result is that quantification must be allowed to range over pointwise different choice functions. Chapter 5 shows that quantification over individuals is insufficient, and that pointwise different choice functions are required. The result entails that the syntactic difference of A-chains and A-bar chains predicts a semantic difference in the type of the variable involved, which is argued to explain weak crossover phenomena. Chapters 6 argues that the interpretation procedures developed in the preceeding chapters account for all cases. It is shown that only traces of the type of individuals arise, and that scope reconstruction is a phonological phenomenon. The latter result also supports the T-model of syntax. Uli Sauerland book http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11861 Tue, 05 May 2009 12:23:44 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11860 Uli Sauerland other http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11860 Tue, 05 May 2009 12:20:50 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11859 Uli Sauerland other http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11859 Tue, 05 May 2009 12:16:56 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11858 Uli Sauerland article http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11858 Tue, 05 May 2009 12:13:38 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11857 Uli Sauerland article http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11857 Tue, 05 May 2009 12:02:06 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11856 Uli Sauerland bookpart http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11856 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:57:52 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11855 Uli Sauerland other http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11855 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:53:50 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11854 Uli Sauerland bookpart http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11854 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:51:02 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11853 Uli Sauerland; Jan Anderssen; Kazuko Yatsushiro article http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11853 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:45:35 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11852 Uli Sauerland workingpaper http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11852 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:41:27 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11851 This paper concerns the semantics of determiners. I point out that the currently dominant generalized quantifiers analysis of determiners has certain deficiencies. I then provide an alternative which seems offer some hope not suffer from the same deficiencies. Uli Sauerland article http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11851 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:37:23 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11850 Uli Sauerland article http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11850 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:33:16 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11849 The status of quantifier raising in German and other languages where scope is fairly rigid is debated. The first part of this paper argues that quantifiers in German can undergo covert extraction out of coordinations, and therefore that quantifier raising is available in German. The second part argues that quantifier raising in German is constrained to never move one DP across another. This result might provide part of an explanation of scope rigidity in German. Uli Sauerland workingpaper http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11849 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:29:22 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11848 Alexopoulou (2008) argues that Greek provides new evidence for the concept of binding illusions that was hypothesized by Fox and Sauerland (1996). Of special interest from my perspective is Alexopoulou’s argument that binding illusions arise not only with existential and universal quantifiers, but also with negative and interrogative quantifiers. The purpose of this note is to speculate on how to account for these kinds of binding illusions semantically building on Alexopoulou’s argument. In the following I refer to Alexopoulou’s (2008) paper as BIRG (Binding Illusions and Resumption in Greek) and to Clitic Left-Dislocation as CLLD. BIRG’s argument is based on the generalization concerning CLLD in Greek. Generally, a left-dislocated noun phrase cannot bind a pronoun in its clause in Greek. Uli Sauerland article http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11848 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:26:20 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11847 The Gricean approach explains implicatures by assumptions about the pragmatics of entire utterances. The phenomenon of embedded implicatures remains a challenge for this approach since in such cases apparently implicatures contribute to the truth-conditional content of constituents smaller than utterances. In this paper, I investigate three areas where embedded implicatures seem to differ from implicatures at the utterance level: optionality, epistemic status, and implicated presuppositions. I conclude that the differences between the two kinds of implicatures justify an approach that maintains Gricean assumptions at the utterance level, and assumes a special operator for embedded implicatures. Uli Sauerland preprint http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11847 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:22:46 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11846 Uli Sauerland other http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11846 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:18:57 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11845 In this snippet, I will describe a new case where overt wh-movement leads to additional scope possibilities. Uli Sauerland article http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11845 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:16:03 +0200 http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11844 Uli Sauerland article http://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11844 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:12:41 +0200