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Linglib.Semantics.Dynamic.PPCDRT.Defs

Plural Partial Compositional DRT — Definitions #

[vdB96] [Bra07] [Hau14] [Dot13] [HD20]

The plural partial extension of Compositional DRT (PPCDRT). Plural CDRT [Bra07] replaces single information states with sets of states (plural information states), tracking inter-variable dependencies. Partial CDRT [Hau14] adds partial assignments so a discourse referent can be introduced without forcing eager pragmatic resolution: the unresolved condition u_anaph → u_ant is interpreted as a presupposition.

This file defines the condition type PPDRSCond used by Anaphora.lean for the bindingCond / groupIdentityCond / reciprocityCond predicates and by Cumulativity.lean for the bridge to Plurality.Cumulativity.Cumulative. A PPDRS condition takes the (output) plural state plus the distribution context Δ (the set of drefs being distributed over); the Δ argument is used by distribution machinery (δ_u, paper eq 14) but ignored by the present binding/group-identity/reciprocity conditions — see Anaphora.lean.

Anchoring #

Framework substrate. PPCDRT originates with [Bra07] (PCDRT) and [Hau14] (Partial CDRT); [HD20] composes them into PPCDRT. Initial linglib consumer: Studies/HaugDalrymple2020.lean. Mirrors Semantics/Dynamic/ICDRT/Defs.lean (ICDRT substrate, also single current consumer).

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abbrev PPCDRT.PPDRSCond (E : Type u_1) :
Type u_1

A PPDRS condition: takes the (output) plural state and the distribution context Δ. [HD20] eq 27.

The Δ argument is part of the eq-25 three-place DRS shape but is ignored by the present bindingCond / groupIdentityCond / reciprocityCond (which are evaluated at the unrelativized layer Δ = ∅). It is preserved in the type so consumers that DO need distribution (e.g. a future Dotlačil 2013 study file) can plug in without changing this signature.

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