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λ-Terms, logic, determiners and quantifiers

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In this paper, a theory T H based on combining type freeness with logic is introduced and is then used to build a theory of properties which is applied to determiners and quantifiers.

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  1. Department of Computing Sc, University of Glasgow, 17 Lilybank Gardens, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.

    Fairouz Kamareddine

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The author is currently on a study leave for one year at the University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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Kamareddine, F. λ-Terms, logic, determiners and quantifiers. J Logic Lang Inf 1, 79–103 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00203387

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