[HPSG-L] Highly ambiguous sentences with lots of quantifier scoipings and psycholinguistic work on underspeification

[Roussanka Loukanova]

Hi Stefan,
Hi Everyone,

Your questions are extra interesting. I'm very much interested in the
answers.

And, of course, I'm looking forward to your revised HPSG book!

I work on Type Theory of Recursion, including its varieties of Type Theory
of Acyclic Recursion / Algorithms (TTAR / TTAA). TTAR provides
mathematical  and algorithmic foundations of Syntax-Semantics (SynSem) in
Computational Grammars (CompGrs).

The relational extensions of TTAA to Dependent-Type Theory of Situated Info
(DTTSI) directly provides math, i.e., algorithmic foundations, of  MRS and
its SynSem in HPSG.

In all the versions of  TTAR / TTAA and DTTSI, I include underspecification.

Best Regards,
Roussanka


On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 at 12:22, Stefan Müller <St.Mueller at hu-berlin.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I remember that people working with the grammar matrix and large scale
> implementations reported natural occurring sentence with an enormous
> amount of readings. Something in the range of 100.000 scopings. Is this
> documented somewhere in print?
>
> Is there psycholinguistic research showing that humans do not work with
> specific readings but leave scopings underspecified (maybe to a certain
> extend).
>
> I am revising my HPSG textbook and switching to MRS in this book now, so
> I am interested in this kind of information.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Best wishes
>
>      Stefan
>
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