Speaker: Yael Sharvit (UCLA)
Title: Disjunctive antecedents, accommodation and type-flexibility
When: Friday, October 31st, 3:30-5pm
Where: 32-141
Abstract:
Examples (1a) and (1b) are equivalent. One of their readings presupposes (2) and asserts (3). In view of these facts, we defend (A)-(B).
b. If Mia is proud of her money or penniless, then Sue is.
(2) If Mia has money, then the presuppositions of if Mia is proud of her money, Sue is proud of her money are true.
(3) If Mia is penniless, Sue is penniless, and
If Mia has money and is proud of Mia’s money, Sue is proud of Sue’s money.
(A) or is lexically symmetric (as in Karttunen & Peters 1979, and contra accommodation-based theories).
(B) if is type-flexible (as in Rooth & Partee 1982).