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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Main Authors: Gregory Scontras, Maria Polinsky, C.-Y. Edwin Tsai, Kenneth Mai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2017-04-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:http://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/198