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In this paper, I discuss some relations between the generalized quantifier model of natural language quantification given in Barwise and Cooper (1981) (hereinafter [BC]), on the one hand, and the approach taken in Barwise and Perry (1983) (hereinafter [BP]), on the other. The discussion focuses on problems of anaphora and its interaction with the theory of quantification embedded in these two accounts. However, I am also forced to touch on the issue of just what we are up to in giving a model-theoretic account of semantics, one that uses some artificial language like first-order logic or the language L(ss) presented here.
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Barwise, J. (1987). Noun Phrases, Generalized Quantifiers and Anaphora. In: Gärdenfors, P. (eds) Generalized Quantifiers. Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3381-1_1
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