On semantic scope

Lars Hellan

pp. 47-81

in: Frank Heny (ed), Ambiguities in intensional contexts, Berlin, Springer, 1981

Abstract

This paper presents some possible germs of a theory of intentionality, scope of quantified expressions, specificity, etc., and their representation in grammar. A reclassification of a set of well-known phenomena is offered, based on the introduction of a new primitive concept, "snapping' NP.