A bare bone semantics for attentive might

A bare bone semantics for attentive might. Roelofsen, F. In Aloni, M., Franke, M., & Roelofsen, F., editors, The dynamic, inquisitive, and visionary life of φ, ?φ, and ◊φ: a festschrift for Jeroen Groenendijk, Martin Stokhof, and Frank Veltman, pages 190–215. ILLC Publications, 2013.

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This paper introduces a semantic framework in which the meaning of a sentence embodies both its informative and its attentive content. This framework allows for an improved implementation of the analysis of might proposed in Ciardelli, Groenendijk, and Roelofsen (2009), which in turn builds on an idea from Groenendijk, Stokhof, and Veltman (1996). The analysis sheds new light on the way in which might interacts with conjunction, disjunction, and negation, which is puzzling for the standard modal account of might, as well as its treatment in update semantics. This paper is dedicated to Jeroen Groenendijk, Martin Stokhof, and Frank Veltman, on the occasion of their upcoming retirement, with deepest respect and gratitude.

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	abstract = {This paper introduces a semantic framework in which the meaning of a sentence embodies
both its informative and its attentive content. This framework allows for an improved
implementation of the analysis of might proposed in Ciardelli, Groenendijk, and Roelofsen
(2009), which in turn builds on an idea from Groenendijk, Stokhof, and Veltman (1996).
The analysis sheds new light on the way in which might interacts with conjunction, disjunction, and negation, which is puzzling for the standard modal account of might, as well
as its treatment in update semantics. 
This paper is dedicated to Jeroen Groenendijk, Martin Stokhof, and Frank Veltman, on the occasion of their upcoming retirement, with deepest respect and gratitude.},
	author = {Roelofsen, Floris},
	booktitle = {The dynamic, inquisitive, and visionary life of φ, ?φ, and ◊φ: a festschrift for Jeroen Groenendijk, Martin Stokhof, and Frank Veltman},
	date-modified = {2021-08-17 00:00:00 +0000},
	editor = {Aloni, Maria and Franke, Michael and Roelofsen, Floris},
	keywords = {attention,theoretical linguistics,might,modality,free choice,disjunction},
	mendeley-tags = {inquisitive semantics,theoretical linguistics},
	pages = {190--215},
	publisher = {ILLC Publications},
	title = {{A bare bone semantics for attentive might}},
	url = {http://www.illc.uva.nl/Festschrift-JMF/papers/25_Roelofsen.pdf},
	year = {2013},
	Bdsk-Url-1 = {http://www.illc.uva.nl/Festschrift-JMF/papers/25_Roelofsen.pdf}}

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