This book uses mathematical models of language to explain why there are certain gaps in
language: things that we might expect to be able to say but can't. For instance, why can we …

Distributivity in natural language occurs in sentences such as John and Mary (each) took a
deep breath, when a predicate that is combined with a plurality-denoting expression is …

This handbook article provides an overview of the major empirical phenomena discussed in
connection with the theoretical concepts of distributivity, collectivity, and cumulativity. Topics …

Plural logic has become a well-established subject, especially in philosophical logic. This
book explores its broader significance for philosophy, logic, and linguistics. What can plural …

Copredication is the phenomenon whereby two or more predicates are applied to a single
argument, but those predicates appear to require that their argument denote different things …

Introducing some of the foundational concepts, principles and techniques in the formal
semantics of natural language, Elements of Formal Semantics outlines the mathematical …

Reciprocal alternations appear with binary predicates that also have a collective unary form.
Many of these binary predicates are symmetric: if A dated B then B dated A. Most symmetric …

The argument for this constraint is theoretical, rather than empirical. Possible worlds
semantics provides an elegant account of counterfactuals, which fits well into a general …

Anaphoric reference is an aspect of language interpretation covering a variety of types of
interpretation beyond the simple case of identity reference to entities introduced via nominal …

Sentences involving disjunction under epistemic modal adjectives—such as possible, likely,
and certain—give rise to the inference that the disjuncts are epistemically possible …