6.1311, Sum: Modal Semantics and Root and Epistemic Modals/References

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                      References to work on
                         Modal Semantics
                               and
                    Root and Epistemic Modals

Akmajian, A., S. Steele and T. Wasow 1979 =1EThe Category of AUX in
Universal Grammar=1F in Linguistic Inquiry 10.1-64.

Andrews, A. 1982 =1EA Note on the Constituent Structure of
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Bach, E. 1980 "Tenses and Aspects as Functions on Verb Phrases"=20
in Rohrer, C. (ed.)

Barbiers, Sjef in progress, dissertation, Leiden University.
=20
Bauerle, R., C. Schwarze and A. von Stechow (eds.) 1983 Meaning,
Use and Interpretation of Language  (Berlin/New York: Walter de
Gruyter).

van Benthem, J. 1985 A Manual of Intensional Logic  (Stanford:
CSLI).

Bolkestein, A.M. 1980 Problems in the Description of Modal Verbs:=
=20
an investigation of Latin  (Assen, The Netherlands: Van Gorcum).

Bouscaren, J. J. Chuquet, and L. Danon-Boileau 1992 Introduction
to a linguistic grammar of English:  an utterer centered approach
(Ophrys:  Gap). [English adaptation of Bouscaren et al 1987]=20

__________ 1987 Grammaire et textes anglais:  guide pour
l'analyse linguistique (Ophrys: Gap).

Boyd, J. and J.P. Thorne 1969 "The Semantics of Modal Verbs" in
Journal of Linguistics 5.57-74.

Brennan, Virginia 1993 Root and Epistemic Modal Auxiliary Verbs
in English, doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts at
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__________ 1995 "Quantificational Modals", ms. Vanderblt
University.

Brown, M. 1988 "On the Logic of Ability" in Journal of
Philosophical Logic 17.1-26.

__________ 1990 "Action and Ability" in Journal of Philosophical
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__________ 1977 Reference to Kinds in English, University of
Massachusetts dissertation (Amherst, MA: GLSA).=20

Carnap, R. 1946 "Modalities and Quantification" in Journal of
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Coates, J. 1980 The Semantics of Modal Auxiliaries (London:=20
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Dendale, P. 1994 "Devoir =82pist=82mique: marquer modale ou
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Dowty, D. 1979 Word Meaning and Montague Grammar (Dordrecht:=20
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Engh, Jan 1984 "Om modalverbet M og samfunnsvitenskapelige
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__________ 1983 "Tre forelesninger om tempus og om modalverb i
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__________ 1977 "Om en innholdsvariant av Skal", in Norskrift 13.
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__________ 1975 M og Kan med 'objectiv' lesning.
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thesis.]

Feldman, F. 1986 Doing the Best We Can, Philosophical Studies
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Gallin, D. 1975 Intensional and Higher-Order Modal Logic, with
applications to Montague semantics  (Amsterdam:  North-Holland
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Gazdar, G. K. 1980 =1EA Cross-Categorial Semantics for
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__________, G. Pullum and I. Sag 1982 =1EAuxiliaries and Related
Phenomena in a Restrictive Theory of Grammar=1F in Language 58.591-
638.  [This is a later version of Gazdar, G.,K., G. Pullum and I.
Sag 1981.]

__________ 1981 =1EAuxiliaries and Related Phenomena in a
Restrictive Theory of Grammar=1F distributed by Indiana University
Linguistics Club (Bloomington, IN: IULC).

Groenendijk, J. and M. Stokhof 1975 "Modality and Conversational
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Guenthner, F. 1978 "Systems of intensional logic and the
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__________ 1979 "Counterpart-Theoretic Semantics for Modal Logic"
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Heny, F. and B. Richards, eds. 1983 Linguistic Categories:=20
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27.110-28.

Hofmann, T.R. 1966 "Past Tense Replacement and the Modal System"=20
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Horn, Lawrence 1989 A Natural History of Negation (Chicago, IL
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__________ 1972 On the Semantic Properties of Logical Operators
in English, doctoral dissertation, UCLA, distributed by Indiana
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Huddleston, R. 1978 "On the Constituent Structure of VP and AUX"
in Linguistic Analysis 4.31-59.

__________ 1974 "Further remarks on the analysis of auxiliaries
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Hughes, G. and M. Cresswell 1968 An Introduction to Modal Logic
(London:  Metheun).=20

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(Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press).

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Kanger, S. 1957 Provability in Logic (Stokholm:  Almqvist &
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Keenan, E.L., ed. 1975 Formal Semantics of Natural Language
(Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press).

Kenny, A.J. 1975 Will, Freedom and Power (New York:  Barnes and
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Kiefer, F. 1987 "On defining modality" in Folia Linguistica
21.1.67-94.

Kratzer, A.  1991a =1EConditionals=1F in von Stechow and Wunderlich,
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__________ 1991b =1EModality=1F in von Stechow and Wunderlich, eds.

__________ 1985 "Conditionals" in Farley, A.M., P. Farley and
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__________ 1977 "What 'Must' and 'Can' Must and Can Mean" in
Linguistics and Philosophy 1.337-355.

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Journal of Symbolic Logic 24.1-14.

__________ 1963a "Semantical analysis of modal logic, I, normal
propositional calculi" in Zeitschrift fur mathematische Logik und
Grundlagen der Mathematik 9.67-96.

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__________ 1986b Philosophical Papers, vol. II (Oxford:  Basil
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__________ 1983 Philosophical Papers, vol. I (Oxford:  Basil
Blackwell).

__________ 1981 "Ordering Semantics and Premise Semantics for
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__________ 1980 "Index, Context and Content" in Kanger, S. and S.
Ohman, eds. Philosophy and Grammar  (Dordrecht: Reidel).

__________ 1979a "A Problem about Permission" in Saarinen, E.,
ed. Essays in Honor of Jaakko Hintikka (Dordrecht:  Reidel).

__________ 1979b "Scorekeeping in a Language Game" in Journal of
Philosophical Logic 8.339-59.  (Reprinted in Lewis 1983).

__________ 1979c "Attitudes De Dicto and De Se" in Philosophical
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__________ 1968 "Counterpart Theory and Quantified Modal Logic"
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__________ 1979 Principles of Diachronic Syntax (Cambridge:=20
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__________ 1994 "Surface proforms in Norwegian and the
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The reference list above was compiled by Ginny Brennan
(brennavm at ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu), with the invaluable help of
Dorothy Disterheft (DISTERH at UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU), Jan Engh
(jan.engh at ub.uio.no), Larry Horn (LHORN at YaleVM.CIS.Yale.EDU),
Helge Lodrup (helge.lodrup at ilf.uio.no), Jim McGilvray
(jim at dep.philo.mcgill.ca), Mick Perkins
(m.perkins at sheffield.ac.uk), and Raphael Salkie
(R.M.SALKIE at BRIGHTON.AC.UK).  Thanks to all these people.=1A=1A=1A=
=1A=1A=1A=1A=1A=1A=1A=1A=1A=1A=1A=1A
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