For example, the following sentence lends itself to two possible interpretations: (1) Old men and women left the theater. What does “old” modify in this sentence? “Men” or “men and women”? In other ...

The purpose of this project is to investigate the syntax of quantifiers and scope in the languages of the world. To this end, we have created a series of pictures that can be used to elicit scope ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Natural language sentences that talk about two or more sets of entities can be assigned various readings. The ones in which the sets are ...

This research contrasted deaf and hearing students' interpretive knowledge of English sentences containing numeral quantifier phrases and indefinite noun phrases. A multiple-interpretation picture ...