Talk by Michael Moortgat
In Situ Binding: a Modal Analysis
Kurtonina and Moortgat (1995) extend the categorial vocabulary with a pair
of unary residuated modal operators and establish a general result showing
that these operators, in interaction with the standard binary vocabulary,
provide full control over the grammatical dimensions of precedence, dominance
and dependency. The control allows both for the imposition of structural
constraints in regimes with a flexible resource management, and for licensing
structural relaxation in regimes with a more stringent structure sensitivity.
We apply this method to an open question in the categorial literature: the
proper characterization of an `in situ' binding operation such as required
for the scopal possibilities of generalized quantifiers.
Paul Dekker, November 2, 1995