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Focus structure and the referential status of indefinite quantificational expressions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Many authors who subscribe to some version of generative syntax account for the two readings of [...] sentences [...] in terms of LF-ambiguity. There is assumed to be covert quantifier raising (QR), which results in two distinct possibilities for the ...
Breul, Carsten
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Expanding the Differential Diagnosis of Ultrasonographic Flexor Digitorum Profundus–Flexor Carpi Ulnaris Dissociation of Echogenicity: Muscular Dystrophies

open access: yesMuscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Dissociation of echogenicity of the flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) and flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU) on neuromuscular ultrasound has been reported to be a useful sign to differentiate inclusion body myositis (IBM) from more common disease mimics, but it is not clear that this finding is pathognomonic of IBM. Our study aimed to
Anson W. Wilks, Nizar Chahin
wiley   +1 more source

Plural Intensional Presuppositional predicate calculus (PIP)

open access: yesGlossa
One successful branch of natural language semantics uses first order predicate calculus and set theory, well-studied systems of mathematics in their own right, as meta-languages for natural-language meanings.
Ezra Keshet, Steven Abney
doaj   +2 more sources

in defense of a presuppositional account of slurs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In the last fifteen years philosophers and linguists have turned their attention to slurs: derogatory expressions that target certain groups on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, nationality and so on.
Cepollaro, Bianca
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Flowering out of sync: Climate change alters the reproductive phenology of Terminalia paniculata in the Western Ghats of India

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Understanding how climate change impacts the plant life cycle is critical for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. Our findings suggest that Terminalia paniculata Roth, a common tropical deciduous tree species in the Western Ghats, is now flowering and fruiting at more scattered times than it used to in the past.
Ananthapadmanaban Karthikeyan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accreditation Against Limited Adversarial Noise

open access: yesAdvanced Quantum Technologies, EarlyView.
An upgraded accreditation (a variant of quantum verification) scheme is presented, significantly relaxing the assumptions, to allow adversarial noise, while preserving the suitability for near‐term / immediate usage. Abstract An accreditation protocol (a variety of quantum verification) is presented, where error is assumed to be adversarial (in ...
Andrew Jackson
wiley   +1 more source

Objectionable thick concepts in denials [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
So-called "thick" moral concepts are distinctive in that they somehow "hold together" evaluation and description. But how? This paper argues against the standard view that the evaluations which thick concepts may be used to convey belong to sense or ...
Väyrynen, Pekka
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Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not Ready Yet: A Multi‐Disciplinary Review of Problems, Attempted Solutions, and Future Directions

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Presupposition and it’s relation to Entailment, Conversational Implicature and Iqtidā

open access: yesقضايا لغوية
This study focuses on presupposition, a linguistic phenomenon that holds utmost importance in communication. In addition, it analyses three other linguistic phenomena that are closely related to presupposition:entailment, conversational implicature ...
IBRAHIM ABDULLAH SULAIMAN
doaj   +1 more source

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