Distribution relative to events in dynamic semantics

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to introduce a new way of implementing distributivity to dynamic semantics. Novel evidence that supports the necessity of the new apparatus is provided from Japanese and English. The evidence comes from a split antecedence in conjunction, which has not been discussed or accounted for in the literature. The proposed system accounts for the referential dependency by distributing over events and, in turn, over the participants of events.