Re: [jboske] anaphora & glorking (was: RE: sane kau? (was: RE: Re: RE:Re:lo'edu'u

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

And Rosta scripsit:

> > 1- If the pro-sumti is overtly quantified, then the new
> > quantification is restricted to the same set over which
> > the antecedent's quantification was restricted 

I have always understood this slightly differently, that the further
quantification is a further restriction:

ci da poi nanmu ... re da ...
three men ... two of the three men ...

Otherwise I agree on all points.

> B. Is it a problem if the bound variable is reused so
> often in mode 2 that the speaker/hearer forgets what the
> underlying set was?

If so then that is good SW evidence that logic is not speakable.

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