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A phrase's '''scope''' is the | A phrase's '''scope''' is the region of the sentence in which that phrase's meaning applies. | ||
== Quantifier scope == | |||
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A [[determiner]] introduces a logical quantifier whose scope is the ''smallest'' [[clause]] it's in. This means that the interpretation of the quantification happens in that smallest clause, and not at the level of the entire sentence: | |||
<blockquote> | <blockquote> | ||
{{t|Shoe jí | {{t|Shoe jí ꝡä kuq súq <u>sía</u> raı da.}}<br> | ||
'''means:''' “I allow you to say <u>nothing</u>.” (i.e. I allow you to shut up)<br> | '''means:''' “I allow you to say <u>nothing</u>.” (i.e. I allow you to shut up)<br> | ||
'''not:''' ❌ “There is nothing that I allow you to say.” | '''not:''' ❌ “There is nothing that I allow you to say.” | ||
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Here, the scope of {{t|sía}} is the clause “{{t|{{vy}}ä kuq súq sía raı}}”. | Here, the scope of {{t|sía}} is the clause “{{t|{{vy}}ä kuq súq sía raı}}”. | ||
=== What creates scope boundaries? === | |||
Scope boundaries are created by complementizers like {{t|ꝡä}} and {{t|mä}}, but also by certain other words. | |||
[[Object incorporation]] creates a small scope boundary for just the verb and the incorporated object. | |||
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{{Scope|red|<b>Ꝡa</b> he pua báq poq {{Scope|#ea0|joe <b>tû</b> raı}} <b>sía</b> raı da.}}<br> | |||
“People <u>who are good at everything</u> don't enjoy anything.”<br> | |||
('''not:''' “For all ''x'', people who are good at ''x'' don't enjoy anything.”) | |||
</blockquote> | |||
Similarly, any [[predicatizer]] ({{t|po, jeı, mea}}) creates a small scope boundary for itself and its incorporated object. | |||
<blockquote> | |||
{{Scope|red|<b>Ma</b> mala kaqgaı súq fóto {{Scope|#ea0|<b>po</b> <b>tú</b> poq}} móq?}}<br> | |||
“Have you seen the picture <u>of everyone</u>?”<br> | |||
('''not:''' “Have you, for all ''x'', seen ''x''’s picture?”) | |||
</blockquote> | |||
== Clefting and scope == | == Clefting and scope == | ||
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See [https://toaq.net/refgram/syntax/#the_cleft_verb The cleft verb] in the [[refgram]]. | See [https://toaq.net/refgram/syntax/#the_cleft_verb The cleft verb] in the [[refgram]]. | ||
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== "Scoping over" == | == "Scoping over" == | ||
For two phrases X and Y, if the scope of X fully includes the scope of Y, then we say “X '''scopes over''' Y”. | For two phrases X and Y, if the scope of X fully includes the scope of Y, then we say “X '''scopes over''' Y”. | ||
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This amounts to a claim about the ''order'' to apply their respective semantics in. | This amounts to a claim about the ''order'' to apply their respective semantics in. | ||
For example: [[adverbial|high adverbials]] "scope over" the verb of the clause they're in. Thus, the sentence {{t|Dảı ní bũ da}} is interpreted as <math>\neg \text{possible}(\text{this})</math> “this isn't possible” rather than <math>\text{possible}(\neg \text{this})</math> “this is possibly false”. --> | |||
== Scope creep == | == Scope creep == | ||
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However, the {{t|{{vy}}ä}} clause that was limiting the scope of {{t|sía}} is now gone, which means that {{t|sía}} scopes over the whole sentence. The meaning of the sentence is thereby changed to ''“There is nothing that I allow you to say”''. | However, the {{t|{{vy}}ä}} clause that was limiting the scope of {{t|sía}} is now gone, which means that {{t|sía}} scopes over the whole sentence. The meaning of the sentence is thereby changed to ''“There is nothing that I allow you to say”''. | ||
== See also == | |||
* [[Negation]] | |||