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<div style=" | A phrase's '''scope''' is the part of the sentence that that phrase's semantics apply to. | ||
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<b style="color:red">Ꝡa</b> chı sá poq, <div style="display:inline-block;border:1px dashed #00b0ff;margin:2px;padding:4px;"><b style="color:#00b0ff">ꝡä</b> faq tú huı kûı sá raı.</div> | <b style="color:red">Ꝡa</b> chı sá poq, <div style="display:inline-block;border:1px dashed #00b0ff;margin:2px;padding:4px;"><b style="color:#00b0ff">ꝡä</b> faq tú huı kûı sá raı.</div> | ||
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<p style="margin:2px;font-size:12px">Determiners imply [[quantifier]]s at the start of the scope.</p> | <p style="margin:2px;font-size:12px">Determiners imply [[quantifier]]s at the start of the scope.</p> | ||
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For example, the scope of a [[determiner]] that introduces a logical quantifier 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: | For example, the scope of a [[determiner]] that introduces a logical quantifier 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: | ||
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== Scope creep == | == Scope creep == | ||
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<b style="color:red">Ꝡa</b> shoe jí, <div style="display:inline-block;border:1px dashed #00b0ff;margin:2px;padding:4px;"><b style="color:#00b0ff">ꝡä</b> kuq súq <b style="color:#00b0ff">sía</b> raı.</div> | <b style="color:red">Ꝡa</b> shoe jí, <div style="display:inline-block;border:1px dashed #00b0ff;margin:2px;padding:4px;"><b style="color:#00b0ff">ꝡä</b> kuq súq <b style="color:#00b0ff">sía</b> raı.</div> | ||