Resolution of quantifier scope ambiguities
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Structural principles, that is, those which refer to the syntactic or semantic positions of the quantified phrases, are investigated, suggesting that alternative interpretations of the ambiguity may be initially considered in parallel, followed by selection of the single interpretation that best satisfies the principles.About:
This article is published in Cognition.The article was published on 1993-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 191 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sentence & Ambiguity.read more
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