Cross-linguistic scope ambiguity: When two systems meet
Accurately recognizing and resolving ambiguity is a hallmark of linguistic ability. English is a language with scope ambiguities in doubly-quantified sentences like 'A shark ate every pirate'; this sentence can either describe a scenario with a single shark eating all of the pirates, or a...
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Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2017-04-01
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Series: | Glossa |
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Online Access: | http://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/198 |