Minimal Models in Semantics and Pragmatics Free Choice, Exhaustivity, and Conditionals Katrin Schulz Minimal Models in Semantics and Pragmatics Free Choice, Exhaustivity, and Conditionals ILLC Dissertation Series DS-200X-NN For further information about ILLC-publications, please contact Institute for Logic, Language and Computation Universiteit van Amsterdam Plantage Muidergracht 24 1018 TV Amsterdam phone: +31-20-525 6051 fax: +31-20-525 5206 e-mail:
[email protected] homepage: http://www.illc.uva.nl/ Minimal Models in Semantics and Pragmatics Free Choice, Exhaustivity, and Conditionals Academisch Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof. dr. D.C. van den Boom ten overstaan van een door het college voor promoties ingestelde commissie, in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Aula der Universiteit op vrijdag 2 november 2007, te 12.00 uur door Katrin Schulz, geboren te Berlijn, Bondsrepubliek Duitsland Promotiecommissie Promotor: prof. dr. F.J.M.M Veltman Co-promotor: dr. P.J.E. Dekker Overige leden: prof. dr. J.A.G. Groenendijk dr. M. Aloni, postdoc prof. dr. H.E. de Swart prof. dr. N. Asher prof. dr. C. Condoravdi Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen The investigations were supported the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), division Humanities (GW). Copyright chapter 2 c 2005 by Springer Copyright chapter 3 c 2006 by Springer Copyright except the chapters 2 and 3 c 2007 by Katrin Schulz Cover design by PrintPartners Ipskamp and Katrin Schulz. Cover photograph by Katrin Schulz. Printed and bound by PrintPartners Ipskamp, Enschede. ISBN: 90–5776–164–5 Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction 1 2 The paradox of free choice permission 7 2.1 Introduction.............................