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  <Title>TENSE, QUANTIFIERS, AND CONTEXTS</Title>
  <Section position="14" start_page="0" end_page="0" type="concl">
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9 CONCLUSION
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    <Paragraph position="0"> In this paper I have argued that a logical semantics for temporal expressions can provide adequate representations for natural-language input to an interface such as JANUS. The temporal logic is based on Reichenbach's models for the semantics of English tense and uses multiple indices for semantic interpretation. This multi-indexed logic overcomes the kinds of problems that arise when systems of tense logics are used that rely on just one index of evaluation.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> I have demonstrated how giving narrow scope to tense quantifiers enables us to provide adequate scope relations with respect to NP quantifiers and to interpret such NPs relative to a given discourse context. I have argued that the context-dependent feature of the analysis does not add extra complexity to my treatment of time-dependent expressions, but is needed for purposes of discourse understanding in general. Finally, I have demonstrated how the narrow scope of tense results in a fully compositional syntax and semantics of tensed sentences in English.</Paragraph>
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