Post-Suppositional Dynamic GQs #
@cite{charlow-2021}
@cite{charlow-2021}'s §5: bi-dimensional meanings using a Writer-like monad.
A PostSupp S A carries both a value and accumulated post-suppositional
content (a DRS that constrains but doesn't change the assignment).
Modified numerals like "exactly 3" contribute their cardinality test as post-suppositional content, which is resolved after maximization. This automatically produces cumulative readings because post-suppositions from different quantifiers compose independently.
Bi-dimensional meaning: a value paired with post-suppositional content. The post-supposition is a DRS that will be conjoined at the discourse level, after all scope-taking is done.
- val : A
The "at-issue" value
- postsup : Core.DynProp.DRS S
Accumulated post-suppositional content
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Pure: trivial post-supposition (equation 120). The post-suppositional DRS is the identity (test True).
Equations
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Reify (bullet operator, equation 58): conjoin value and post-supposition.
For a PostSupp S (DRS S), this produces a single DRS by sequencing
the at-issue DRS with the post-suppositional constraint.
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Truth at an assignment for bi-dimensional meanings (equation 56): the at-issue content and post-suppositional content must both be satisfiable.
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"Exactly N" as post-suppositional meaning (equation 53):
⟨M_v(E^v P; []), n_v⟩
The at-issue content introduces and maximizes v; the cardinality test
is the post-supposition.
Equations
- Semantics.Dynamic.DynamicGQ.PostSuppositional.exactlyN_postsup v P n Mvar' Evar' CardTest' = { val := Mvar' v (Evar' v P), postsup := CardTest' v n }
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Post-suppositional combination yields cumulative readings. TODO: Formalize the full derivation.