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Stop beating the donkey! A fresh interpretation of conditional donkey sentences

San Ginés, A; Frápolli, MJ; (2017) Stop beating the donkey! A fresh interpretation of conditional donkey sentences. Theoria , 32 (1) pp. 7-24. 10.1387/theoria.13941. Green open access

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Abstract

We propose a new approach to conditional donkey sentences that allows us to face successfully the often called proportion problem. The main ingredients of the proposal are van Benthem's generalized quantifier approach to conditionals (van Benthem, 1984), and Barwise's situation semantics (Barwise, 1989). We present some experimental data supporting our proposal.

Type: Article
Title: Stop beating the donkey! A fresh interpretation of conditional donkey sentences
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1387/theoria.13941
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1387/theoria.13941
Language: English
Additional information: THEORIA is published under a Creative Commons Licence: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 Generic
Keywords: Conditional donkey sentences; proportion problem
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1545124
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