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to a function from a set to a truth value. Put differently, it denotes a function from a set to a set of sets. It is that function which for any two sets
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The first sentence does not entail the second. The fact that the number of students that ran is exactly three does not entail that each of these students
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Such lambda terms are functions whose domain is what precedes the period, and whose range are the type of thing that follows the period. If
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rather than characteristic functions, although, strictly speaking, the latter is more accurate. Examples of expressions of this type are
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is often used to make the semantics of different kinds of expressions explicit. The standard construction defines the set of types
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is not conservative. The following two sentences are not equivalent. But it is, in fact, not common to analyze
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can be true, even though the number of students who merely ran (i.e. not so fast) is greater than 3.
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We can now assign types to the words in our sentence above (Every boy sleeps) as follows.
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from the set of entities to the set of truth values. This set of functions is rendered as
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Quantifiers in Action: Generalized Quantification in Query, Logical and Natural Languages
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if it is neither monotone increasing nor monotone decreasing. An example of such a GQ is
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Nothing is a type, except what can be constructed on the basis of lines 1 and 2 above.
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and so we can see that the generalized quantifier in our example is of type
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as the following lambda expression, which is a function from an individual
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determiners—in every natural language—are conservative. The expression
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Monotone decreasing GQs are among the expressions that can license a
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This treatment of quantifiers has been essential in achieving a
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is monotone increasing. For example, the set of things that
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is the following. It says that the two sets have an empty
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For example, the following two sentences are equivalent.
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denotes the set of sets of which every boy is a member:
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Expression denoting a set of sets in formal semantics
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For example, one can write the meaning of 927: 918: 906: 903: 880: 871: 859: 856: 834: 831: 822: 810: 807: 801: 789: 786: 764: 752: 730: 718: 611: 599: 509: 497: 462: 450: 362: 359: 350: 338: 335: 329: 317: 314: 307: 304: 292: 283: 276: 267: 255: 252: 245: 233: 226: 214: 173: 161: 94: 53: 1356:{\displaystyle (\lambda Y.B\subseteq Y)(S)} 1237:", respectively, we have that the sentence 1073:is a variable that ranges over elements of 2199: 2185: 1625:An example of a monotone decreasing GQ is 1562: 1464: 42:. For example, the generalized quantifier 2139: 2042: 2040: 592:In general, expressions of complex types 207:of complex types, some of which include: 2002: 1950:. Rather, it is standardly treated as a 991: 664:, a construct we can write as follows: 2882: 2124: 2037: 1547:. Therefore, the first sentence below 1543:is a subset of the set of things that 1139:with the following lambda term, where 942:Thus, every denotes a function from a 116:for sentences containing quantifiers. 2628:Discourse representation theory (DRT) 2180: 1855:if the following equivalence holds: 2895:Formal semantics (natural language) 2541:Quantificational variability effect 2208:Formal semantics (natural language) 2171:Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1770:is the following. It says that the 1728: 1168:{\displaystyle \langle e,t\rangle } 770:{\displaystyle \langle e,t\rangle } 736:{\displaystyle \langle e,t\rangle } 617:{\displaystyle \langle a,b\rangle } 515:{\displaystyle \langle e,t\rangle } 179:{\displaystyle \langle a,b\rangle } 13: 2134:. Berlin: Language Science Press. 2077: 1763:The lambda term for the (complex) 1688: 1042: 1039: 1036: 1033: 1030: 62: 31:) is an expression that denotes a 14: 2911: 2159: 2089:Quantifiers in language and logic 1840: 1748:Exactly three students ran fast. 1221:If we abbreviate the meaning of 1135:We can now write the meaning of 1778:between the two sets equals 3. 1758:exactly three students ran fast 1459: 644:to the set of entities of type 368: 313: 282: 251: 232: 2623:Combinatory categorial grammar 1996: 1930:Every boy is a boy who sleeps. 1910: 1898: 1895: 1889: 1883: 1880: 1874: 1871: 1865: 1818: 1804: 1350: 1344: 1341: 1320: 1296: 1290: 1287: 1281: 1278: 1248: 1056: 1050: 443:, usually rendered as the set 119: 91: 79: 68: 1: 2401:Antecedent-contained deletion 1990: 1964:Only boys are boys who sleep. 1851:A determiner D is said to be 1575:) if, for every pair of sets 1481:) if, for every pair of sets 1454: 696:{\displaystyle D_{b}^{D_{a}}} 558:{\displaystyle D_{t}^{D_{e}}} 1606:{\displaystyle X\subseteq Y} 1512:{\displaystyle X\subseteq Y} 1382:{\displaystyle B\subseteq S} 981:{\displaystyle A\subseteq B} 7: 2021:10.1007/978-94-009-2727-8_7 1968: 1745:Exactly three students ran. 1126:{\displaystyle \lambda x.x} 154:are both types, then so is 10: 2916: 2282:Syntax–semantics interface 2087:; Dag WesterstĂĄhl (2006). 2056:Linguistics and Philosophy 1934:It has been proposed that 1844: 2816: 2774:Question under discussion 2724:Conversational scoreboard 2701: 2605: 2598: 2501:Intersective modification 2486:Homogeneity (linguistics) 2393: 2302: 2295: 2214: 1241:now means the following: 2834:Distributional semantics 2165:Dag WesterstĂĄhl, 2011. ' 2128:Subatomic quantification 2050:; Cooper, Robin (1981). 1975:Scope (formal semantics) 1640:The lambda term for the 1008:to the proposition that 567:characteristic functions 2829:Computational semantics 2566:Subsective modification 2370:Propositional attitudes 2167:Generalized Quantifiers 1583:, the following holds: 1563:Monotone decreasing GQs 1489:, the following holds: 1465:Monotone increasing GQs 468:{\displaystyle \{0,1\}} 389:denote elements of the 2859:Philosophy of language 2496:Inalienable possession 2476:Free choice inferences 2471:Faultless disagreement 2242:Generalized quantifier 2141:10.5281/zenodo.5106382 2106:Antonio Badia (2009). 1917: 1832: 1703:negative polarity item 1695: 1607: 1513: 1471:generalized quantifier 1445: 1405:generalized quantifier 1383: 1357: 1303: 1213: 1169: 1143:are variables of type 1127: 1094: 1063: 982: 934: 887: 841: 771: 737: 697: 658: 638: 618: 559: 516: 469: 414: 376: 180: 101: 25:generalized quantifier 2754:Plural quantification 2648:Inquisitive semantics 2613:Alternative semantics 1918: 1845:Further information: 1833: 1696: 1608: 1514: 1446: 1384: 1358: 1304: 1214: 1170: 1128: 1095: 1093:{\displaystyle D_{e}} 1064: 992:Typed lambda calculus 983: 935: 888: 842: 772: 738: 698: 659: 639: 619: 565:. Such functions are 560: 517: 470: 415: 413:{\displaystyle D_{e}} 391:universe of discourse 377: 181: 102: 2739:Function application 2546:Responsive predicate 2536:Privative adjectives 1985:Branching quantifier 1980:Lindström quantifier 1859: 1782: 1720:Bad: *Every boy has 1655: 1591: 1555:Every boy runs fast. 1497: 1411: 1367: 1317: 1245: 1179: 1147: 1108: 1077: 1016: 966: 962:)= 1 if and only if 900: 853: 783: 749: 715: 668: 648: 628: 596: 530: 494: 490:Expressions of type 447: 435:Expressions of type 424:expressions include 420:. Examples of type 397: 385:Expressions of type 211: 158: 50: 2824:Cognitive semantics 2789:Strawson entailment 2734:Existential closure 2678:Situation semantics 2581:Temperature paradox 2551:Rising declaratives 2516:Modal subordination 2491:Hurford disjunction 2451:Discourse relations 2091:. Clarendon Press. 1733:A GQ is said to be 1569:monotone decreasing 1567:A GQ is said to be 1475:monotone increasing 692: 554: 2900:Quantifier (logic) 2869:Semantics of logic 2794:Strict conditional 2764:Quantifier raising 2729:Downward entailing 2709:Autonomy of syntax 2638:Generative grammar 2618:Categorial grammar 2556:Scalar implicature 2461:Epistemic modality 2436:De dicto and de re 2068:10.1007/BF00350139 1913: 1828: 1739:exactly three boys 1691: 1603: 1573:downward entailing 1509: 1441: 1399:. 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Index

formal semantics
set of sets
quantified
noun phrases
compositional
semantics
type theory
recursively
countable
infinity
universe of discourse
truth value
functions
characteristic functions
sets
predicates
nouns
adjectives
lambda calculus
identity function
β-reduction
determiner
noun
monotone increasing
upward entailing
entails
entails
monotone decreasing
downward entailing
determiner

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