@article{Aher:13,
	abstract = {This study investigates the interpretation of or in legal texts, focusing on two puzzles: ``inclusive/exclusive'' or and ``free choice permission''. The study first examines various examples of or in American court cases described by Solan and the ``and/or'' rule that he describes. It then turns to occurrences of or in a different legal domain, that of the World Trade Organization, giving a brief introduction to the WTO dispute mechanism and its principles of interpretation before examining these occurrences of or. The study then introduces the inquisitive semantics framework as a way to account for these occurrences, offering an analysis of the inclusive/exclusive or and free choice or puzzles and of the interaction of or with obligation, permission, and negation more generally.},
	author = {Aher, Martin},
	date-added = {2021-08-17 00:00:00 +0000},
	date-modified = {2021-08-17 00:00:00 +0000},
	doi = {10.1017/S0008413100002504},
	journal = {The Canadian Journal of Linguistics/La revue canadienne de linguistique},
	number = {1},
	pages = {13--42},
	title = {Deontic contexts and the interpretation of disjunction in legal discourse},
	url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-linguistics-revue-canadienne-de-linguistique/article/abs/deontic-contexts-and-the-interpretation-of-disjunction-in-legal-discourse/BD235B19275EB4EFF3AF079B72750DD2},
	volume = {58},
	year = {2013},
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	Bdsk-Url-2 = {https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008413100002504}}

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