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Theory building

Under this heading we will carry out two tasks. Firstly, we will evaluate current semantic theory in the light of the phenomena we discover. The project members as a whole have competency in a range of current theories (Montague's semantics, Discourse Representation Theory, situation semantics and dynamic semantics) so this phase will also serve to some extent as theory comparison in the light of the Scandinavian data. Secondly, we will examine ways of extending the theories to account for the data we find.



Robin Cooper
9/16/1998