Types as graphs: Continuations in type logical grammar

Chris Barker, Chung Chieh Shan

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    Abstract

    Using the programming-language concept of continuations, we propose a new, multimodal analysis of quantification in Type Logical Grammar. Our approach provides a geometric view of in-situ quantification in terms of graphs, and motivates the limited use of empty antecedents in derivations. Just as continuations are the tool of choice for reasoning about evaluation order and side effects in programming languages, our system provides a principled, type-logical way to model evaluation order and side effects in natural language. We illustrate with an improved account of quantificational binding, weak crossover, wh-questions, superiority, and polarity licensing.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)331-370
    Number of pages40
    JournalJournal of Logic, Language and Information
    Volume15
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Nov 2006

    Keywords

    • Binding
    • Continuations
    • Delimited continuations
    • Evaluation order
    • Polarity licensing
    • Quantification
    • Resource sensitivity
    • Staging
    • Superiority
    • Type-logical grammar

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Science (miscellaneous)
    • Philosophy
    • Linguistics and Language

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