ABSTRACT

At the beginning of this book, it was stated that one of the primary objectives of the present study was to further explore and clarify the role which Logical Form (LF) plays in guiding semantic interpretation. I also promised to develop an explicit account of certain aspects of conventional meaning, those which are often referred to in the literature as being “syntactically triggered.” In this concluding chapter, I would like to briefly ascertain the degree to which these two goals have been met. (This will be the subject of section 6.1.) Additionally, I will discuss the implications my findings hold for syntactic and semantic theories. (This will be the focus of section 6.2.)