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View article: An investigation of definiteness as a trigger of bridging
An investigation of definiteness as a trigger of bridging Open
A bridged interpretation of a noun phrase (NP) is one in which the referent is understood to stand in some unstated relation to an entity or event previously mentioned in the discourse. For example, in the sequence Yasmin approached the ho…
View article: Availability without common ground
Availability without common ground Open
The dominant model of linguistic communication in current philosophy of language, semantics and formal pragmatics is centered around the idea that communication involves interlocutors coordinating with respect to a single body of informati…
View article: Preconditions and projection: Explaining non-anaphoric presupposition
Preconditions and projection: Explaining non-anaphoric presupposition Open
In this paper we articulate a pragmatic account of the projection behavior of three classes of non-anaphoric projective contents: the pre-states of change of state (CoS) predicates, the veridical entailments of factives, and the implicatio…
View article: The CommitmentBank: Investigating projection in naturally occurring discourse
The CommitmentBank: Investigating projection in naturally occurring discourse Open
This paper describes a new resource, the CommitmentBank, developed for the empirical investigation of the projection of finite clausal complements. A clausal complement is said to project when its content is understood as a commitment of t…
View article: Natural Conventions and Indirect Speech Acts
Natural Conventions and Indirect Speech Acts Open
In this paper, we develop the notion of a natural convention, and illustrate its usefulness in a detailed examination of indirect requests in English. Our treatment of convention is grounded in Lewis’s (1969) seminal account; we do not her…
View article: State 4-H Areas of Competition
State 4-H Areas of Competition Open
This publication lists all of the Virginia State 4-H areas of competition held at the State 4-H Congress and a list of additional State 4-H contests offered (not at a State 4-H Congress).
View article: The Best Question: Explaining the Projection Behavior of Factives
The Best Question: Explaining the Projection Behavior of Factives Open
This article deals with projection in factive sentences. The article first challenges standard assumptions by presenting a series of detailed observations about the interpretations of factive sentences in context, showing that what implica…