Disambiguation in conversation: the case of disambiguating parentheticals

Predelli, Stefano

Abstract

This essay presents an analysis of the conversational role of disambiguation, with special attention to disambiguating parentheticals such as 'bats, the furry animals, are not easy to find'. The essay proposes an enriched representation of conversational states as pairs of an interpretation function and standard common belief, it represents disambiguations within the ensuing framework, and, on the basis of these conceptual tools, it proposes a systematic picture of the updates achieved by disambiguating parentheticas.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 27, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Sep 12, 2021
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2021
• Deposit Date: Sep 14, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 13, 2022
• Journal: Synthese
• Print ISSN: 0039-7857
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-0964
• Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 199
• Issue: 5-6
• Pages: 13569-13582
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03389-w
• Keywords: General Social Sciences; Philosophy
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/6238709
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-021-03389-w