107 research outputs found
Logical Integrity
Building on previous literature I argue that the principle Maximize Presupposition! as standardly conceived is too permissive in that it sanctions certain utterances that are intuitively infelicitous. I propose as an alternative to MP a novel principle called Logical Integrity and I showed that while LI makes the same prediction as MP for the basic cases it is restrictive enough to account for the problematic cases discussed. Furthermore, I argue that LI without further ado make interesting predictions for a novel type of example, the cases discussed in Magri (2009), and Hurford's Constraint. Finally, I discuss and defused one potential counter-example to LI
Optimal Placement of PMUs and Related Sensor-based Communication Infrastructures for Full Observability of Distribution Networks
Information Gap Decision Theory for Scheduling of Electricity-Gas Systems in the Presence of Demand Response
Hybrid Interval-Stochastic Optimal Operation Framework of a Multi-carrier Microgrid in the Presence of Hybrid Electric and Hydrogen-Based Vehicles Intelligent Parking Lot
Optimal Design of a Wide Area Measurement System Using Hybrid Wireless Sensors and Phasor Measurement Units
Optimal Look-Ahead Strategic Bidding/Offering of Integrated Renewable Power Plants and CAES With Stochastic-Robust Approach
An Efficient Multi-objective Approach for Designing of Communication Interfaces in Smart Grids
Subclausal Local Contexts
One of the central topics in semantic theory over the last few decades concerns the nature of local contexts. Recently, theorists have tried to develop general, non-stipulative accounts of local contexts (Schlenker, 2009; Ingason, 2016; Mandelkern & Romoli, 2017a). In this paper, we contribute to this literature by drawing attention to the local contexts of subclausal expressions. More specifically, we focus on the local contexts of quantificational determiners, e.g. `all', `both', etc. Our central tool for probing the local contexts of subclausal elements is the principle Maximize Presupposition! (Percus, 2006; Singh, 2011). The empirical basis of our investigation concerns some data discussed by Anvari (2018b), e.g. the fact that sentences such as `All of the two presidential candidates are crooked' are unacceptable. In order to explain this, we suggest that the local context of determiners needs to contain the information carried by their restrictor. However, no existing non-stipulative account predicts this. Consequently, we think that the local contexts of subclausal expressions will likely have to be stipulated. This result has important consequences for debates in semantics and pragmatics, e.g. those around the so-called "explanatory problem" for dynamic semantics (Soames, 1982; Heim, 1990; Schlenker, 2009)
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