Explaining Crossover and Superiority as Left-to-right Evaluation.

We present a general theory of scope and binding in which both crossover and superiority violations are ruled out by one key assumption: that natural language expressions are normally evaluated (processed) from left to right. Our theory is an extension of Shan’s (2002) account of multiple- wh questi...

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Published in:	Linguistics & Philosophy Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 91 - 135
Main Authors:	Chung-Chieh Shan, Barker, Chris
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Feb2006
Subjects:	Theory (Philosophy) Semantics Philosophical analysis Form (Logic) Language & languages Comparative linguistics
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