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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Binding&lemmacode=829 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Binding&lemmacode=829 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] | ||
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Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning.'' Chicago: University of Chicago Press. | Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning.'' Chicago: University of Chicago Press. | ||
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Revision as of 13:29, 15 March 2008
In generative syntax, binding refers to a relation in which the reference of a certain element is dependent on the reference of another element.
In semantics, binding is a term that is used to refer the relation obtaining between a quantifier All(v) or Exists(v) and the occurrences of the variable v in its scope:
(i) All(v)[ ... v ... ] (ii) Exists(v)[ ... v ... ]
Comments
In the following formula only the first occurrence of x is bound by All but not the second (which is not in the scope of All):
(iii) All(x)[P(x) -> Q(y)] & R(x)
The first occurrence of x is called a bound variable, the second occurrence is called a free variable.
See also
Link
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
Reference
Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. Logic, language, and meaning. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
