An Empirical Comparison of Semantics for Quantified Vague Sentences.
We investigate the compositional semantics of vague quantified sentences, focusing on sentences such as "All of the students are tall," where a non-vague quantifier quantifies into a vague predicate. While much work has been done on vagueness in natural language, including the semantics of vague adj...
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=182234865&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 182234865 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13921126 3D4C jtl: Problems / Problemos issn: 13921126 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2024 Supplement pid: 16037 pub: Vilnius University artinfo: ui: 182234865 10.15388/Problemos.Priedas.24.5 ppf: 58 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 12.9MB tig: atl: An Empirical Comparison of Semantics for Quantified Vague Sentences. aug: au: Cremers, Alexandre Kalvelyte, Julija affil: Faculty of Philology Vilnius University su: Semantics (Philosophy) Natural languages Fuzzy logic Human behavior Judgment (Psychology) sug: subj: Semantics (Philosophy) Natural languages Fuzzy logic Human behavior Judgment (Psychology) keyword: fuzzy logic psycholinguistics semantics vagueness neapibrėžtumas neraiški logika psicholingvistika semantika ab: We investigate the compositional semantics of vague quantified sentences, focusing on sentences such as "All of the students are tall," where a non-vague quantifier quantifies into a vague predicate. While much work has been done on vagueness in natural language, including the semantics of vague adjectives, little attention has been paid so far to how vagueness interacts with complex sentences. We present an experiment that gathers data on naïve speakers' interpretation of such sentences after collecting their judgment on the applicability of the vague predicate for each individual in the restrictor. We then compare how three prominent fuzzy logics - Gödel, product, and Łukasiewicz - predict the acceptability of the quantified sentences. Our results indicate that Gödel logic best matches human behavior. We then prove an equivalence between Gödel logic and a probabilistic form of Williamson's epistemicism for the sentences we have tested, and discuss how our findings inform the broader debate on the semantics of vagueness, particularly between epistemicism and graded-truth approaches. Nagrinėjame neapibrėžtų kvantifikuotų sakinių kompozicinę semantiką, daugiausia dėmesio skirdami tokiems sakiniams kaip „Visi studentai aukšti", kuriuose apibrėžtas kvantorius kvantifikuoja neapibrėžtą predikatą. Nors natūraliojoje kalboje neapibrėžtumas jau yra plačiai tyrinėtas, įskaitant ir neapibrėžtų būdvardžių semantiką, lig šiol mažai dėmesio skirta neapibrėžtumo sąveikai su sudėtiniais sakiniais. Pristatome eksperimentą, kurio metu surinkome duomenis, kaip naivūs kalbėtojai interpretuoja tokius sakinius. Surinkę jų sprendimus apie neapibrėžto predikato taikytinumą kiekvienam ribotinio sakinio individui, lyginame, kaip trys žinomos neraiškiosios logikos - Gödelio, produkto ir Łukasiewicziaus - prognozuoja kvantifikuotų sakinių priimtinumą. Gauti rezultatai atskleidė, kad Gödelio logika tiksliausiai atitinka dalyvių supratimą. Galiausiai įrodome, kad teste pasirodžiusių sakinių atžvilgiu Gödelio logika ir tikimybinė Williamsono epistemizmo forma yra ekvivalenčios, ir aptariame, kaip mūsų išvados prisideda prie platesnės diskusijos apie neapibrėžtumo semantiką, ypač tarp epistemizmo ir laipsniuoto teisingumo požiūrių. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Problems / Problemos is the property of Vilnius University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Problems / Problemos holder: Vilnius University dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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