Alternatives in Semantics [Hardcover]

This volume offers a survey of the use of alternatives in semantics and pragmatics, and an overview of current approaches and applications of alternative-based semantics, from both theoretical and experimental perspectives.1. Introduction: Alternatives in Semantics and Pragmatics; Anamaria F?l?u? 2. A Note on the Derivation of the Epistemic Effect as an Implicature; Luis Alonso-Ovalle and Paula Men?ndez-Benito 3. Free Choice Nominals and Free Choice Disjunction: The Identity Thesis; Gennaro Chierchia 4. A Viability Constraint on Alternatives for Free Choice; Veneeta Dayal 5. On the Consequences of an Alternative Semantics for the Analysis of Intervention Effects; Clemens Mayr 6. Mere-ology; Elizabeth Coppock and David Beaver 7. Sets of Alternatives and Syntactic Movement; Marc Novel and Maribel Romero 8. On the Processing of Alternatives, Exhaustification and Covert Negation: The Case of Mai; Daniele Panizza and Jacopo Romoli 9. Grammatical Alternatives and Pragmatic Development; Alan Bale and David BarnerLuis Alonso-Ovalle, McGill University, CanadaAlan Bale, Concordia University, CanadaDavid Barner, University of California, San Diego, USADavid Beaver, University of Texas at Austin, USAGennaro Chierchia, Harvard University, USAElizabeth Coppock, Gothenburg University, SwedenVeneeta Dayal, Rutgers University, USAClemens Mayr, Center for General Linguistics, Berlin, GermanyPaula Men?ndez-Benito, University of Goettingen, GermanyMarc Novel, University of Konstanz, GermanyDaniele Panizza, University of Geneva, SwitzerlandMaribel Romero, University of Konstanz, GermanyJacopo Romoli, Macquarie University, Australia