Semantics 1, WiSe 2014/15 (Sailer)

Material for Manfred Sailer's seminar Semantics 1, winter term 2014/15, Goethe University, Frankfurt a.M.

General information

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Material for week 6: Meeting of November 17, 2014

Input

Watch the following video on logical determiners:

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Homework task for the meeting of November 24

In the following sentences,

1. identify the determiner, the restrictor, and the scope,
2. provide the paraphrase,
3. translate the sentences into formulae,
4. indicate for each formula whether it is true or false.

Example: Laurence married Romeo to a Capulet.

1. determiner: every
   restrictor: Capulet
   scope: Laurence married Romeo to x
2. paraphrase: For every x such that x is a Capulet, Laurence married Romeo to x.
3. formula: ∀ x (capulet₁(x) : marry-to(laurence, romeo, x))
4. true or false? The formula is true in the context of our play because Juliet is a Capulet and Laurence marries Romeo to her. Thus, we find an individual for which both the restrictor and the scope are true.

Work on the following sentences:

(a) Romeo talked to a friar.

(b) Juliet killed every Capulet.