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Linguistics - Monographs, Papers and Research
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This is a collection of monographs, papers and research in the area of Linguistics.
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Alternative semantics
Rooth, Mats (Oxford University Press, 2016)This chapter presents the semantics and pragmatics of prosodic focus in alternative semantics. Half a dozen examples are given of empirical phenomena that are to be covered by the theory. Then a syntax marking the locus, ... -
Adverbs of quantification
Rooth, Mats (2019-07-12)Article on David Lewis's Adverbs of Quantification (1975), prepared for A Reader's Guide to Classical Papers in Formal Semantics, Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy 100, edited by Zoltan Szabo and Luise McNally. Author's ... -
The formal semantics of free perception in pictorial narratives
Abusch, Dorit; Rooth, Mats (2017)This paper semantically analyzes “free perception” sequences in pictorial narratives such as comics, where one panel shows a character looking, and the next panel shows what they see. Pictorial contents are assumed to be ... -
Picture descriptions and centered content
Rooth, Mats; Abusch, Dorit (University of Edinburgh/CreateSpace, 2018)There is an argument based on sentences that describe pictures in favor of a viewpoint- centered possible worlds semantics for pictures, over a propositional semantics (J. Ross 1997). The argument involves perspectival ... -
Indexing across media
Rooth, Mats; Abusch, Dorit (ILLC, University of Amsterdam, 2019-12) -
Finite state intensional semantics
Rooth, Mats (2017-10)The paper presents a computable formulation of Hintikka semantics for clausal complements and partition semantics for questions in a framework where worlds are strings, propositions are regular sets of worlds, and epistemic ... -
Possible worlds semantics for pictures
Abusch, Dorit (2015-12-06)Possible worlds semantics for pictures is reviewed. Pictures are mapped to propositional semantic values by a geometric method. On this basis, an account of the temporal interpretation of pictorial narratives is constructed. ... -
Acoustic Classification of Focus: On the Web and in the Lab
Howell, Jonathan; Rooth, Mats; Wagner, Michael (2016-02-26)We present a new methodological approach which combines both naturally-occurring speech “harvested” on the web and speech data elicited in the laboratory. This proof-of-concept study examines the phenomenon of focus ... -
Headed span theory in the finite state calculus
Rooth, Mats (2016-01-02)A development of headed span theory in the finite state calculus. Slides for colloquium presentation at University of Delaware, March 20, 2014. -
Representing Focus Scoping over New
Rooth, Mats (GLSA, Amherst, MA, 2015)