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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>An [[operator]] O has '''narrow scope''' with respect to an operator O' if O occurs in the subformula which corresponds to the scope of O':<br /> <br /> (i) ... O' [ ... O [ .... ] ... ]<br /> <br /> The operator O' is then said to have wide scope with respect to O or to have scope over O.<br /> <br /> === Example ===<br /> <br /> the existential quantifier ThereIs(y) in (ii) has narrow scope with respect to the universal quantifier All(x), but wide scope with respect to negation Neg:<br /> <br /> (ii) All(x) [ P(x) -&amp;gt; ThereIs(y) [ Neg R(x,y) ]]<br /> <br /> === Links ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Narrow+scope&amp;lemmacode=485 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> === References ===<br /> <br /> * Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Semantics]]</div>

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