Coreference in Non-constituent coordination

[Ash Asudeh]

On Fri, 17 May 2002, Dick Hudson wrote:

> ## But surely that's not true of subjects in (so-called) VP coordination?
> (1)	People come to London in the summer and avoid it in the winter.
> (2)	Only one student got a distinction and failed - all the rest just passed.
> (3)	One boy kissed Mary and hugged Jane - all the other girls got kisses
> and hugs from several boys.

For what it's worth, I absolutely cannot get (2) and (3) to mean what Dick
wants them to mean. For (2) I only get the reading where the student gets
a distinction but still fails (not the reading where there's only one
student who got a distinction, and only one who failed). For (3) I only
get a reading where the same boy kisses Mary and hugs Jane, which still
makes sense with the continuation.

As for (1), I do get a reading where it's possibly different people
visiting London in the summer and the winter, but I suspect it has to do
with the generic subject, which still makes Dick's point I suppose.

Best,
Ash