Free choice inferences represent a much discussed case of a divergence between logic and
language (Kamp 1973, Zimmermann 2000). Grice influentially argued that the assumption …

%Nr: DS-2001-01 %Author: Maria Aloni %Title: Quantification under Conceptual Covers
Someone has killed Spiderman. After a careful investigation you discover that John Smith is the …

Epistemic Indefinites (henceforth EIs) are indefinites in which this ignorance inference is
conventionalized. 1 Examples of epistemic indefinite determiners are German irgendein (…

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 …

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 …

The article deals with the interpretation of propositional attitudes in the framework of modal
predicate logic. The first part discusses the classical puzzles arising from the interplay …

This paper proposes a semantics for declarative and interrogative complements and for so-called
responsive verbs, like know and forget , which embed both kinds of complements. …

In logic, disjunction is a binary connective (\(\vee\)) classically interpreted as a truth function
the output of which is true if at least one of the input sentences (disjuncts) is true, and false …

Epistemic indefinites are indefinites in which this ignorance inference is conventionalized.
Examples of epistemic indefinite determiners are German irgendein and Italian un qualche. …

Our evaluation of questions and kno wledge attributions may v ary relative to the way in
which the relevant objects are identified. In the first part, the article proposes a theory that …