Scope Dominance with Generalized Quantifiers

Gilad Ben-Avi, Y.S. Vinter Seggev

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Abstract

When two quantifiers Q 1 and Q 2 satisfy the scheme Q 1 x Q 2 y φ→Q 2 y Q 1 x φ, we say that Q 1 is scopally dominant over Q 2. This relation is central in analyzing and computing entailment relations between different readings of ambiguous sentences in natural language. This paper reviews the known results on scope dominance and mentions some open problems.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLanguages: From Formal to Natural
Subtitle of host publicationEssays Dedicated to Nissim Francez on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday
EditorsOrna Grumberg, Michael Kaminski, Shmuel Katz, Shuly Wintner
PublisherSpringer
Pages36-44
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-642-01748-3
ISBN (Print)978-3-642-01747-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume5533
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

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