Word Meaning And Montague Grammar

By Lena Osterhagen. 2016

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A Linguistic Framework for Knowledge, Belief, and Veridicality Judgment (2021, background): “Of course, actual outcomes do not always conform to what is expected under normalcy conditions, and the expectation of not conforming to 3See Dowty 1979. what it is “normal” determines often our uncertainty.”
Polysemy and word meaning: an account of lexical meaning for different kinds of content words (2018, background): “…semantic features of verbs such as aspectuality (whether they denote states, activities, accomplishments, or achievements) and the possibility of certain argument alternations, are rather features of whole VPs (for aspectuality, Dowty, 1979; for argument alternations, Rappaport Hovav, 2014).”
Tense and Aspect in English Infinitives (2014, background): “Given the modal nature of the English progressive (Dowty 1979, Landman 1992), a modal progressive head must be assumed in certain contexts.”