Merging without Mystery or: Variables in Dynamic Semantics (1993)
| Venue: | Journal of Philosophical Logic |
| Citations: | 24 - 0 self |
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@ARTICLE{Vermeulen93mergingwithout,
author = {C. F. M. Vermeulen},
title = {Merging without Mystery or: Variables in Dynamic Semantics},
journal = {Journal of Philosophical Logic},
year = {1993},
volume = {24},
pages = {450}
}
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Abstract
In this paper we discuss the treatment of variables in dynamic semantics. Referent systems are introduced as a flexible mechanism for working with variables. In a referent system we carefully distinguish the variables themselves both from the machinery by which we manipulate them -- their names -- and from the information that we store in them -- their values. It is shown that the referent systems provide a natural basis for dynamic semantics. The semantics with referent systems is compared with the familiar formalisms in dynamic semantics, DRT and DPL.
