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Jun 25, 2012 - reformulated as a recursive definition of the set |Ï|g of models over a domain. D in which Ï is true relative to an assignment g. The inductive ...
These reactions play a crucial role in the dynamics of conversation. Financial support from the ... new intuitive interpretation of the notion of supportâa notion that will play a key role in the definition of inquisitive ...... and recalling that
P to {0, 1}. We denote by Ï the set of all indices. Definition 3 (States). A state is a set of indices. We denote by S the set of all states. Definition 4 (Support).
In much recent work, this notion is given a dynamic twist, and the meaning of a sentence is .... A translation of (1) into our formal language is: (4) p ⧠(q ⨠r).
We introduce an inquisitive semantics for a language of propo- sitional logic .... For a declarative language, a standard way to define the interpretation of ..... What we have arrived at, is that there are, as we will call them, four possibilities f
a parallel characterization of positive and negative responses. To illustrate this ... Definition 3 below recursively defines, for every sentence Ï in our language,.
Feb 17, 2012 - inquisitive semantics for the language of first-order logic by associating ..... D and a world-dependent interpretation function Iw that maps ev-.
Second, the given picture does not take into account that updating the common ground ...... If John had taken an apple or a pear, he would have taken an apple.
This notion, which we will call compliance, may be regarded ... Questions in Discourse and Epistemology, Center for Formal Epistemology, Carnegie. Mellon, Pittsburg ...... Belnap, N.: Questions, their presuppositions, and how they can arise.
Aug 28, 2009 - Of course, this picture is limited in several ways. First ...... dition of Groenendijk's logic of interrogation (Groenendijk, 1999; ten Cate and Shan,.
The central aim of ... we limit ourselves to a first-order language, what is the role of connectives and ..... Theorem 3 (Relative pseudo-complementation). For any ...
Oct 6, 2011 - and inquisitive content, InqB is a more appropriate system than InqA, precisely ...... In M. Aloni, H. Bastiaanse, T. de Jager, and K. Schulz, edi-.
establish that our Tree-sequent calculus enjoys a cut-elimination theorem. ..... Theorem 1. Î |=Mall A iff Î |=Mint A iff Î VI A. Proof. Î VI A =â Î |=Mall A is clear ...... Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Automated Reasoni
Let us first officially define what we take propositions to be in the inquisitive setting. ..... The core of the semantics is a recursive definition of this support relation.
the definition of inquisitive semantics can be easily reformulated in such a way ... Recall that a P-index (or a P-valuation) is a map from P to {0, 1}, and we.
Nov 4, 2011 - We will reformulate proto-inquisitive semantics using the concepts and tools from inquisitive .... See the web- ... All free occurrences of variables in Ï are bound in ?Ï. ...... Indian Conference on Logic and its Applications.
Dec 2, 2011 - is an equivalence relation on W. ⢠V is a function that assigns a truth value to every atomic sentence in P, relative to every w â W. The objects in ...
information (and issues I would add) which concern the subject matter of the ...... and puts a new stage on top of the stack where we add the theme ?Ï of Ï to.
the definition of inquisitive semantics can be easily reformulated in such a way ..... The second weak distribution law is ..... mative content in the classical way.
reaction of the other participant is to call for cancellation, the hypothetical update is ..... But note also that in case s is indifferent, i.e., if s = s*, only the absurd state and s ...... D.L. Strolovitch (eds), The Proceedings of the Ninth Conf
Aug 28, 2009 - Submitted for publication, manuscript No. (will be inserted .... It follows from definition 2.3 that the support-conditions for Â¬Ï and !Ï are as ...... We will call a model negative in case its valuation is negative. Observe that if
not inquisitive, a hybrid sentence is both informative and inquisitive, and an insignificant .... only it is not private to one of the participants, but public to all of them.
Examples quantifiers and inquisitiveness. ⢠The existential quantifier inherits the inquisitive features of disjunction. ⢠s |=g âx.P(x) iff there is some object d â D such that d is in the denotation of P in all worlds w â s. The state has
Oct 31, 2011 - M = ãDM ,IM ã a model such that DM = D and IM coincides with I as far as individual constants and function symbols are concerned, then M is called a model based on D, or simply a D-model. Definition 10 (States). A state is a set of