Free choice, modals, and imperatives
- M. Aloni
- Philosophy
- 29 June 2007
The article proposes an analysis of imperatives and possibility and necessity statements that (i) explains their differences with respect to the licensing of free choice any and (ii) accounts for the…
Logic, Language and Meaning
- M. Aloni, V. Kimmelman, F. Roelofsen, G. Sassoon, K. Schulz, M. Westera
- LinguisticsLecture Notes in Computer Science
- 2012
This book contains the revised papers presented at the 8th Amsterdam Colloquium 2011, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in December 2011, and includes submitted contributions to the general program.
A Uniform Semantics for Declarative and Interrogative Complements
- N. Theiler, F. Roelofsen, M. Aloni
- LinguisticsJournal of Semantics
- 5 July 2018
A semantics for declarative and interrogative complements and for so-called responsive verbs, like know and forget, which embed both kinds of complements, which assumes a single lexical entry for each responsive verb.
The Cambridge Handbook of Formal Semantics
This handbook offers a comprehensive yet compact guide to the field, bringing together research from a wide range of world-leading experts, and explores the interfaces between semantics and neighbouring disciplines, including research in cognition and computation.
FREE CHOICE AND EXHAUSTIFICATION: AN ACCOUNT OF SUBTRIGGING EFFECTS
- M. Aloni
- Philosophy
- 2005
The goal of this article is to explain the distribution and meaning of qualsiasi/qualunque in the examples in (1). Universal FC items will be analysed as indefinites (contra Dayal, 1998). Following…
FREE CHOICE IN MODAL CONTEXTS
- M. Aloni
- Philosophy
- 2003
This article proposes a new analysis of modal expressions which (i) explains the difference between necessity and possibility modals with respect to the licensing of Free Choice any and (ii) accounts…
Conceptual covers in dynamic semantics
- M. Aloni
- Philosophy
- 2000
A new style of dynamic quanti cation is proposed in which variables are interpreted in a way that avoids the cardinality problems which arise when the authors quantify over concepts rather than objects.
Individual Concepts in Modal Predicate Logic
- M. Aloni
- PhilosophyJournal of Philosophical Logic
- 1 February 2005
The classical puzzles arising from the interplay between propositional attitudes, quantifiers and the notion of identity are compared and an analysis in which evaluations of de re attitudes may vary relative to the ways of identifying objects used in the context of use is argued.
Concealed questions under cover
- M. Aloni
- Sociology
- 12 August 2008
Our evaluation of questions and knowledge attributions may vary relative to the way in which the relevant objects are identified. In the first part, the article proposes a theory that represents…
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