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Linglib.Theories.Semantics.Dynamic.Systems.DynamicGQ.PostSuppositional

Post-Suppositional Dynamic GQs #

@cite{brasoveanu-2012} @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.

structure Semantics.Dynamic.DynamicGQ.PostSuppositional.PostSupp (S : Type u_2) (A : Type u_3) :
Type (max u_2 u_3)

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

  • Accumulated post-suppositional content

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    Pure: trivial post-supposition (equation 120). The post-suppositional DRS is the identity (test True).

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      def Semantics.Dynamic.DynamicGQ.PostSuppositional.PostSupp.bind {S : Type u_2} {A : Type u_3} {B : Type u_4} (m : PostSupp S A) (f : APostSupp S B) :

      Bind: sequence post-suppositions via dseq (equation 121). Post-suppositional content accumulates via dynamic conjunction.

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        def Semantics.Dynamic.DynamicGQ.PostSuppositional.PostSupp.map {S : Type u_2} {A : Type u_3} {B : Type u_4} (f : AB) (m : PostSupp S A) :

        Map: apply a function to the at-issue value, preserving post-suppositions.

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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.

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                theorem Semantics.Dynamic.DynamicGQ.PostSuppositional.PostSupp.bind_left_id {S : Type u_2} {A : Type u_3} {B : Type u_4} (a : A) (f : APostSupp S B) :
                (pure a).bind f = f a

                Left identity for PostSupp bind.

                Reify of a pure post-supposition recovers the original DRS (modulo the trivial True test).

                Post-suppositional combination yields cumulative readings. TODO: Formalize the full derivation.